Special Episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter to Air Tuesday, September 19th  9/16/06

Dog, Leland and Tim Chapman were taken into custody by U.S. Marshals early Thursday morning in connection with charges stemming from their 2003 arrest of convicted serial rapist, Andrew Luster.

Andrew Luster, the famed heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune, was convicted of drugging and raping three women over a four year span. During his trial in 2003, Luster fled the country to Mexico.

In June 2003, Dog and his team tracked the fugitive Luster in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he was living under an alias, and arrested him. As bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico, Dog, Tim and Leland were arrested by the Mexican authorities and Luster was handed over to the United States government by the Mexicans. He was subsequently found guilty and is currently serving a 124 year prison sentence.

Bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico, and Dog, Tim and Leland were arrested by the Mexican authorities. After being released on bail, Dog, his family and team, returned to Hawaii and to their lives as bounty hunters.

Thursday, September 14th at 6:00am, U.S. Marshals stormed Dog's home and took him into custody. They then did the same to Leland and Tim. The three are being held in Honolulu where they will face an extradition hearing to Mexico. There will be a hearing in Hawaii today at 3:00pm local time. At that point we will have more details to share with you.

As we have more news we will post it to www.uncollardognow.com

Air Dates

Sat 9/16: Dog Marathon from 4pm-12m

Tues 9/19: 1 hour crash special on the Luster case with Beth's interview and possibly Dog from 10-11p (pre-empts Inked)

Wed 9.20: 1 hour Special encore from 9-10p (pre-empts Dog regular repeat slot)

Sat 9/23: A&E will air an hour of regular Dog episodes from 4-5pm followed by an encore of the 1 hour Luster Special from 5-6pm

Sun 9/24: A&E will encore the Luster Special from 11am-12n

Source: A&E Press Release