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The 35-year-old stepdaughter of celebrity bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman is back behind bars after leaving a drug treatment facility without authorization.
Nicole “Nickie” Gillespie was arrested Thursday at 8
a.m. on North Vineyard Boulevard near Foster Botanical Garden on an outstanding warrant. She remains in police custody unable to post bail of $40,000.
Gillespie in January pleaded no contest to second-degree theft for allegedly robbing the Territorial Savings Bank in downtown Honolulu on Sept. 3. Police said she passed a note to a teller at the Bishop Street bank saying money should be placed in an envelope.
The case initially was classified as a robbery, but prosecutors amended the charge since there was no actual threat or use of force.
Gillespie was granted supervised release to enter a drug facility, according to Dave Koga, spokesman for the prosecutor’s office. Sentencing was set for April but postponed to August because she apparently was doing well in treatment.
She left the drug treatment facility without authorization in April, and the bench warrant was issued.
Chapman starred in the A&E TV series “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” and Gillespie is the daughter of one of his ex-wives.
