ROBERTSDALE, Ala. -- Anyone traveling north on Highway 59 in Robertsdale on Wednesday could probably not have missed the large bus, not to mention several large black vehicles parked in front of Fast Feet Bail Bond Co.
The vehicles, along with a production crew, were part of the popular television show, “Dog and Beth: On the Hunt,” which is currently filming its second season for the CMT network.
Duane “Dog” Chapman, his wife Beth, and their sons Leland and Dakota gained fame on the series, “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” which was largely filmed in Hawaii and Colorado.
Their new show first aired in March of 2013 and follows the team around the country helping local bail bond companies track down fugitives, said Rick Wilkinson, a co-executive producer of the show.
They were spotted at a restaurant in Gulf Shores on Tuesday and many thought they were on vacation. In fact, they were in town helping Angel Griggs, an agent with Fast Feet in Robertsdale, track down 24-year-old Christian DeVaughn Gully, who was arrested in 2011 on two charges of distribution of a controlled substance.
Gully failed to appear at an arraignment hearing in March of 2013, Gully said, and he was tracked to California where he was serving time there, Griggs said.
“We were trying to get him extradited and were not having any luck,” Griggs said.
The owner of the company had met the Chapmans during a convention in New Orleans, Griggs said. When a judge ordered Gully’s bond revoked, they solicited the help of the Chapmans and their crew.
“They’re really down to earth people,” Griggs said. “They talked to (Gully) about getting in a rehab program and gave him their number to follow up on him. They’re just really nice people.”
On Tuesday, the Chapmans were able to contact another bounty hunter in California who tracked down Gully and had him flown back to Baldwin County.
The crew met up with Griggs in Robertsdale on Wednesday morning and transported Gully to the Baldwin County Corrections Facility, where he was booked on the two original charges, plus failing to appear and violation of release order. He is currently in jail without bond while awaiting a hearing.
“I don’t think he really meant to skip out on his bond,” Griggs said. “His mother moved to California and he followed her out there. It happens. He was really humble through the whole experience and I hope he gets help.”
Griggs said she had planned to meet with the Chapmans on Wednesday about the possibility of helping with other cases.
“We’re going to get together and see how it goes,” she said.