Leland Chapman, the son of Dog the Bounty Hunter star Duane Chapman, has been following in his father's footsteps.
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Leland had been tracking someone in Wyoming and Montana who was allegedly wanted for murdering a man in 2025. Authorities arrested the fugitive on Thursday, but Leland couldn't slap the handcuffs on him.
The Son of the "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Star Spent 17 Days Tracking Down the Fugitive
As Cowboy State Daily reports, Leland was looking for Sage Francisco Spang. The Billings Police Department put out a photograph of the suspect on July 29, 2025. He was wanted in connection with the shooting death of 19-year-old Wayland Lance Limpy Jr. on Montana's Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.
Leland announced on Oct. 15 that Spang had finally been arrested on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Over the course of 17 days, Leland located Spang several times. He tried to get authorities to arrest him.
"He wasn't difficult to locate," Leland said in a statement. "I just legally can't go on there and arrest him."
When Cowboy State Daily asked Billings Police if Spang had been charged with the death of Limpy, the outlet did not receive a reply.
Leland Chapman Said "Nobody" Wanted To Make the Arrest
The son of the Dog the Bounty Hunter star said he spotted Spang at a gas station on Sep. 1. He was also seen at a parking lot and a bar. The bounty hunter was also receiving information about the fugitive's whereabouts, but he couldn't get anyone with authority to arrest Spang.
"Nobody wants to do it," Chapman said. He spoke about whether the jurisdictional "roadblocks" he kept encountering were real or "just excuses."
Gene Small, the then-Northern Cheyenne Tribal President, said the warrants for Spang had been waiting for a judge's signature for over 25 days.
"We want to get a hold of him because we can't be having that in our community," Small added.
