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Duane 'Dog' Chapman

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Crime Fighter

The Resume

    (February 1, 1953- )
    Raised in Texas
    Resides in Hawaii
    Star of A&E's 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' (2004- )
    Website is www.dogthebountyhunter.com
    Started bounty hunting (1979- )
    Husband of Beth Smith (May 20, 2006- )

Why he might be annoying:

    He served 18 months on a first degree murder charge in Texas (circa 1973).
    He is the self proclaimed 'World's Greatest Bounty Hunter.'
    He was a deadbeat dad.
    He has twelve children.
    He became a bounty hunter when he owed child support in Colorado. The judge offered that if he could find one of his fugitives he would credit one month's child support.
    He was a member of a motorcycle gang.
    He met his then future wife Beth Smith when she was 19 and he was nearly twice her age.
    He gives out dog tags to advertise his TV series.
    He is the poster boy for white trash.
    He has a poodle mullet, tattoos and dresses in leather.
    He lost the keys to the handcuffs used on Andrew Luster. They were sold on eBay.
    He lived with Smith 16 years before they got married (May 20, 2006). Unfortunately, their wedding was a day after his 23 year old daughter was killed in a car accident (May 19, 2006).
    On a phone call, that became public, he is heard multipile times referring to his son's girlfriend as a nigger (October 2007).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He claims he was innocent of the Texas murder charges.
    He has been shot and stabbed while bounty hunting.
    He only uses non lethal weapons, primarily fists and mace.
    When asked why he doesn't carry a gun, he said: 'Because with a gun, you'd have to use it, and guns kill.'
    His most famous capture was that of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster in Mexico (June 2003).
    Luster was convicted of raping three women between 1996 and 2000. He jumped a $1,000,000 bail and fled to Mexico (January 2003).
    After fleeing bail, an American court sentenced Luster to 124 years in prison and offered a $10,000 reward for his capture.
    Mexican police arrested Chapman for 'depriving Luster of his liberty' without legal authority.
    If given permission by the United States he will seek out Osama Bin Laden.
    He says his nickname 'Dog' 'is God spelled backwards, given to me by a motorcycle gang.'
    He tends to lecture his captives on trying to do the right thing.
    He usually gets 15% for each capture.
    He has taken some cases for free, especially those of child molestation.
    He is close to his family.
    When asked if he fears retaliation, he said: 'I'm more afraid of not getting that guy off the street than I am of him coming after me, because he's going to get mad at the district attorney, the jury, the judge, the warden and probably his new cellmate. I'm probably the last on the list.'
    He has apprehended over 6,000 fugitives (1979-2004).

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 184 Votes: 68.48% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 215 Votes: 52.56% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 51 Votes: 50.98% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 343 Votes: 54.23% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 66 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 39 Votes: 48.72% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 22 Votes: 68.18% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 103 Votes: 60.19% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 44 Votes: 65.91% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 320 Votes: 80.94% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 205 Votes: 79.02% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 126 Votes: 65.08% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 208 Votes: 74.52% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 255 Votes: 50.59% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 1212 Votes: 61.39% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 703 Votes: 51.64% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 346 Votes: 58.09% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 196 Votes: 61.22% Annoying