Duane Chapman speaks out after family store is reportedly burglarized & late wife Beth's personal items stolen
Duane "Dog" Chapman is furiously calling out those responsible for the reported burglary of his Colorado merchandise store, which he owned with late wife Beth Chapman.
ET has learned that the store was broken into late Thursday afternoon and now cops are on the hunt for the suspect or suspects.
The TV personality and professional bounty hunter took to Twitter to address the reports that the store -- which primarily sells merchandise related to the Chapmans and their reality TV series, Dog the Bounty Hunter -- had been ransacked.
The Bible says it is an unforgivable sin to steal from the dead
LARGE CASH REWARD FOR ANY INFORMATION FIR WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS !!! https://t.co/TEUKHjOkvH— Duane Dog Chapman (@DogBountyHunter) August 2, 2019
"The Bible says it is an unforgivable sin to steal from the dead," Chapman wrote. "LARGE CASH REWARD FOR ANY INFORMATION FOR WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS !!!"
According to a source with direct knowledge of the situation, an employee of Chapman's stopped by the Edgewater, Colorado merchandise store to get some work done and upon entering immediately realized the store had been ransacked.
According to the source, “The thieves not only took new merchandise but they took items that personally belonged to Beth.” The source claims the items of Beth’s that were stolen included some of her bounty-hunting gear.
“Mementos that were part of a makeshift memorial [inside the store] were also taken,” the source noted.
According to the source, a police report was filed and cops are investigating. The source says the damage that was done is in the thousands.
“Dog is devastated," the source added. "He’s distraught."
ET has reached out to a rep for the Chapman family and Edgewater, Colorado police for comment.
ET spoke with Chapman last month, shortly after his wife's memorial, where he opened up about how difficult it's been to get back to his routine without the love of his life.
"I haven't gotten past the place where I'm [not] putting a pillow where she was and covering it up," Duane told ET's Kevin Frazier during an intimate sit-down at his Colorado home. "And then I wake up in the middle of the night and I see her and it doesn't register that [it] ain't her. I'm still there."
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