Biography
Leland Blane Chapman was born 14th December , 1976 in Pampa, Texas, U.S.A) and is a Hawaii-based bail bondsman and bounty hunter. Leland Chapman is well known for appearing on the television show Dog the Bounty Hunter with his father, Duane "Dog" Chapman. Leland is Dog's third son, and he helped capture Max Factor's heir, Andrew Luster with Dog and Tim Chapman.
History
Leland's mother is La Fonda Darnell. At the age of six months, Leland's father, Duane "Dog" Chapman, was sentenced to jail for murder. While his father was incarcerated, Leland's parents divorced. Leland did not see his father again until he was eight years old.
Leland Lived In Texas When He Was Little During his early teenage years, Leland Moved to Colorado Springs, where he was involved in the gang culture. In the 1990s he and the rest of his family moved to Hawaii. His grandparents Barbara Chapman and Wesley Chapman later joined the family and opened up a bail bonds office on the Big Island of Hawaii. He was arrested at age 17 for mugging a tourist, according to the Stone article.
At age 21, Leland started his own bail bonds company, "Da Kine Bail Bonds," in Kona, Hawaii after earning his bail bonds license.
Personal life & Family Business
Leland has two sons, Dakota and Cobie. He divorced their mother, Maui, in 2005. Until 2003 he divided his time between his bail bonds business and competing in boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts. Due to injuries, he spends his spare time supporting local competitions, coaching mixed martial arts, and running a local gym.
In March 2007 he said to Stone Magazine, "I work a lot and being a single parent takes up all of my time."
Leland, works for his father, Duane "Dog" Chapman. Their offices are in Denver, Colorado and across the Hawaiian islands. Leland's siblings, Duane Lee and "Baby" Lyssa Chapman, also work in the business as licensed bondsmen, with Leland as the foreman of the team.
Arrest
On September 14, 2006, Leland Chapman, Duane "Dog" Chapman, and Tim Chapman were arrested in Hawaii on charges concerning their involvement in the arrest of fugitive Andrew Luster.
On September 15, 2006, Leland Chapman and Tim Chapman were released on $100,000 bail, while Duane was released on a $300,000 bail. All three bounty hunters were ordered to house arrest. All three had to wear an electronic tracking device and were ordered to give up their passports. At the end of their sentence the tracking devices were removed and the men were given permission to change their bail requirements so they could continue to run their bail bonds business.
On February 16, 2007, the second district court in Guadalajara denied a request for an injunction preventing extradition. The court ruled that Duane, Leland and Tim should face trial on one count of "deprivation of liberty" in violation of the country's anti-bounty-hunting statutes.
Mexico reviewed Dog's case to see if they did have grounds to extradite him on a misdemeanor. There were multiple legal defense funds set up for Duane, Leland, and Tim including one set up by Tanja "Doe", a victim of Andrew Luster.
On August 1, 2007 All charges against the three bounty hunters were dropped.
In October 2007, the Chapmans were told that the three bounty hunters would not be extradited to Mexico by American authorities.
