Harris-Moore became known as the "Barefoot Bandit" or as the "Barefoot Burglar", by reportedly committing some of his crimes while barefoot.In Fall 2009, police found footprints at an airport hangar in Bonners Ferry, Idaho; a Cessna 182 stolen from there crash-landed approximately 260 miles (420 km) to the west near Granite Falls, Washington, after a few unsuccessful attempts to land at the small airport there. Police in the San Juan Islands also found cartoonish, chalk-outlines of feet drawn...Read Full Story
Picture courtesy of The DailyMail.co.ukBarefoot Bandit himself shows what he saw as he stole planes and cars across the U.S. Self-shot video of the 'Barefoot Bandit' on his cross-country theft spree has emerged, giving a fascinating look into what Colton Harris-Moore's life was like during his two-year spell on the run. In the videos, obtained by KOMO News, Harris-Moore captured the raindrops on the wind shield of one of the many cars he stole, and the views of islands off South Carolina from...Read Full Story
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Superior Court Judge Vickie Churchill sentenced Colton Harris-Moore (aka The Barefoot Bandit) to seven years and change on Friday afternoon, at about 3:30. The hearing covered the basic details of his life and crimes. The sentence is in middle of the allowable range. The day’s drama engaged me mightly.
Why is it important that Colton Harris-Moore received a sentence in the middle, and not the top of the allowable range?
Colton's attorney John Henry Browne, arriving at the court house...Read Full Story
GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
COUPEVILLE, Wash.
The youthful thief who rocketed to international notoriety as the "Barefoot Bandit" while he evaded police in pilfered cars, boats and planes during a two-year crime spree was sentenced Friday to more than seven years in a Washington state prison after pleading guilty to dozens of charges.
Colton Harris-Moore, now 20, showed no reaction as the sentence was delivered by a judge who took pity on his bleak upbringing at...Read Full Story
SEATTLE -- The youthful thief who led a two-year crime spree in stolen boats, cars and planes is out of solitary confinement.
The Washington Department of Corrections confirmed Thursday that Colton Harris-Moore was transferred from Walla Walla State Penitentiary to Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen.
A spokesman says the 21-year-old known as the "Barefoot Bandit" had been in intensive management with death row inmates as soon he...
Following his court hearing, Harris-Moore's mother, Pamela Kohler, told The Huffington Post that her son was doing well behind bars. "We stay in contact [via] phone and letters. He is doing good. He plays soccer a lot and has to wear shoes now.
During "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore's two year run from the law, he would take off in stolen planes under the cover of darkness, spent some time playing with a laser, and had an affinity for country music while on lone, country roads, according to video Harris-Moore shot himself that was just obtained by KOMO News.
His lawyer, John Henry Browne, says Harris-Moore neither needed nor wanted such protection as he serves a prison sentence of about seven years. Harris-Moore is known as the "Barefoot Bandit." He was arrested in the Bahamas in 2010 after crash-landing a stolen plane.
SEATTLE (AP) The lawyer for Colton Harris-Moore, the youthful thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," is expressing concern about the conditions of his confinement at a Washington state prison. The 21-year-old has been placed in the intensive management unit at
Wrecked planes and stolen cars aren't the only memories left of the so-called Barefoot Bandit's two years on the run. Colton Harris-Moore, who was sentenced to seven years in prison earlier this year, captured his adventures on video recently ...
Bob Friel's new book, "The Barefoot Bandit," tells the white-knuckle story of Colton Harris Moore, who comes across more as Huck Finn than John Dillinger. Friel discusses his book Thursday at Seattle's University Book Store.
Self-shot video of the 'Barefoot Bandit' on his cross-country theft spree has emerged, giving a fascinating look into what Colton Harris-Moore's life was like during his two-year spell on the run. In the videos, obtained by KOMO News, Harris-Moore captured ...
Colton Harris-Moore who led police on a two-year crime spree in stolen boats, cars and planes, has been moved out of solitary confinement and into the general inmate population at another prison in Washington state, corrections officials confirmed Thursday.
Colton Harris-Moore, the youthful thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," is being held in solitary confinement at a Washington state prison, and his lawyer is upset with how he is being treated. John Henry Browne, Colton Harris-Moore's attorney, said Harris ...
Colton Harris-Moore is the 18-year-old suspected of being the "Barefoot Burglar." Since walking away from a halfway house in April, 2008, Colton Harris-Moore has been on a crime spree that includes burglarizing homes (and leaving his bare feet prints in the house) and stealing light aircraft.