Why did Leland from Dog the Bounty Hunter move to Alabama?

DOG The Bounty Hunter's son, Leland, quit the show in 2012.

He is, however, still active on the bounty hunting frontlines.

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Dog The Bounty Hunter's son Leland quit the show in 2012Credit: Instagram

Who is Leland and why did he move to Alabama?

Leland's mother is  ex-wife La Fonda Sue Honeycutt.

Since leaving the show, Leland Chapman operates his own bail bond company, Kama'aina Bail Bonds on the Big Island of Hawaii and runs his father's business, Da Kine Bail Bonds in Oahu.

Leland moved from Hawaii to Alabama in 2015.

He resides with wife, Jamie P. Chapman whom he married in 2016 and is still working as a bail agent.

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 for an injury sustained as a result of a chase.

Dad-of-three Leland and his hardman father , 68, were chasing a domestic violence suspect in Colorado when a scrap broke out.

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in his knee during the incident.

 that the injury left him feeling like he was "walking on sand."

"Two minutes before we get [to the manhunt location] they say the guy is gonna run, so we pull up on the guy. I get out of the car.  I walked right to the side. I see him. He's running, so I call the runner to try to go catch him, but he slipped and fell," he explained.

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"I was hobbling along and he slammed a gate right in my face," Leland shared.

"And right at that second, instead of opening the gate, I knew he was still right behind it, so I tried to kick it open. He was a bigger guy, [so I was hoping] the gate would hit him and knock him down so we could get him.

 

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"When I went to kick the gate, it kind of flexed, and then it completely severed off my Achilles tendon. So it broke. Snapped it right in half," he added.

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