Duane "Dog" Chapman
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Before a packed Honolulu courtroom on Friday, Chapman, 53, his son Leland, 29, and Timothy Chapman, 41, were ordered to wear electronic monitoring devices and not leave their homes, except for work, until their extradition hearings to face trial in Mexico, the Associated Press reports.
Bail was set at $300,000 for "Dog," and $100,000 each for the other two men.
Chapman and his team won fame – and an A&E reality show – after they caught Luster, a fugitive convicted of raping three women, in Puerto Vallarta. But bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico, and the men were arrested for not turning Luster over to Mexican police, and then skipping bail, officials said.
Luster, meanwhile, is now serving a 124-year sentence for his crimes.
During Friday's 1-hour, 10-minute hearing, Chapman reportedly made the sign of the cross and mouthed "I love you" to his wife, Beth Chapman, who was sitting in the front row. The judge said that the men do not pose flight risks, while defense attorney Brook Hart argued that the electronic monitors were "overkill."
"It's ironic that the bounty hunter would go around with a bracelet while arresting people. But so be it," said Hart.
Speaking to reporters after the hearing, Duane Chapman, vowed he "absolutely" would be cleared.
"We're glad for our support," he said, according to the Honolulu Advertiser. "We're glad for everything. Everyone loves us, thank you very much. If it wasn't for the people that love us, we don't know what would have happened."
He also added: "We love America. The federal marshals treated us with great respect. But let me tell you, you never want to go to a federal prison because it's terrible."
Outside the federal courthouse, fans of the reality show star – whose legal process is being filmed for his series – waved placards of support. Among their messages: "Let go our hero" and "In Dog we Trust."
"Our whole family likes Dog. He captures people who do wrong," a Bounty Hunter-shirt-clad Shannon McNamara, 11, of Los Angeles, told AP. "Plus my older sister wants to marry Leland."
