Unfolding Saga of Colton Harris-Moore

I think they bought it a while back. Maybe a year ago or something like that?

What's hard about flying? You push the throttle forward and when you go fast enough, you're flying. The hard parts are getting where you want to go, and landing. One way or another, they all come down.

I would stop using it immediately if that was the case, but from what I can tell it's a private company, Facebook inc owned by Mark Zuckerberg. Microsoft own a few shares as do some other companies but Fox is nowhere on the list.

I probably heard myspace and remembered incorrectly.

No worries, I was about to pull the plug and unfriend the whole lot. lol

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/colton-harris-moore-barefoot-burglar-10222379

Here is a new news story about the man - kid - whatever.

When staff at the Island Market on Orcas Island gleefully announced over the loudspeaker Sunday morning that Colton Harris-Moore had finally been caught in the Bahamas a cheer erupted across the grocery store.

Scott Lancaster, who owns an Ace Hardware store nearby, said he was among those whooping it up. Lancaster's shop, as well as the grocery, were among a string of businesses allegedly targeted by Harris-Moore earlier this year.

Lancaster said his first thought when he learned Harris-Moore was arrested was: "It's about time."

"We're just glad it's over and now the guy can get what he deserves. Hopefully it's a long jail sentence," Lancaster said. "The guy has absolutely no regard for personal property."

Since the crime wave attributed to Harris-Moore hit the island in the fall of 2008, residents have "been on edge," Lancaster said.

Lancaster said he was awakened on Feb. 28 to an alert that his hardware store had been burglarized. Deputies searched around the building and nearby streets for clues, but the person responsible for the 5:30 a.m. break-in was nowhere to be found.

Since the burglary, Lancaster has installed a security system at his store, something he never thought would be necessary on the normally idyllic island.

According to the San Juan Island County Sheriff's Office, Harris-Moore first arrived on Orcas Island in November 2008, when he allegedly stole a Cessna 182 from a hangar there then crash landed the plane near the Yakama Nation reservation. In September 2009, he allegedly stole an experimental aircraft from Friday Harbor and flew it to Orcas Island, where it, too, made a "hard landing."

Like many people on Camano Island, Lancaster and other Eastsound residents are hoping that the arrest will signal an end to the onslaught of media attention from across the country.

"My wife and I were in New Orleans for an Ace convention back in March and the shuttle driver knew about the Barefoot Bandit," Lancaster said.

Over on Camano Island, residents echoed that sense of relief when they heard about Harris-Moore's capture.

Diana Anderson, a resident of South Camano, said the news of Harris-Moore's arrest has lifted "a big weight off my shoulders."



"I had lost my freedom," Anderson said, adding she and others have spent years locking their doors, windows and fearing for their safety.

Anderson, who works at Elger Bay grocery, said that since the store opened at 6 a.m. Sunday there has been a steady stream of cheerful customers gossiping about what they have learned about his arrest. Of the more than 75 people who came in, everyone talked about Harris-Moore, she said.

Elger Bay Grocery was the site of one of Harris-Moore's most brazen alleged crimes, authorities have said. On July 17, 2008, the then-17-year-old jumped from a stolen Mercedes-Benz as it was heading toward the grocery. The car struck a trash bin and clipped a propane line.

"I'm real happy he got caught and we don't have to worry about him anymore," Anderson said. "We're really impressed with the Bahamas police, they caught him so fast. We went three years with him wandering around here."

Jennifer Sullivan: 206-464-8294 or [email protected]

NASSAU, Bahamas – The teenage "Barefoot Bandit" who allegedly stole cars, boats and airplanes to dodge U.S. law enforcement was nabbed Sunday as he tried to make a water escape then brought handcuffed — and shoeless — to the capital to face justice, abruptly ending his two-year life on the lam.

Colton Harris-Moore was arrested before dawn in northern Eleuthera, said Sgt. Chrislyn Skippings, a spokeswoman for the Royal Bahamas Police Force. A contingent of high-ranking officers traveled to the island and took the suspect to Nassau, the country's capital, where he faces possible extradition to the United States.

True to his nickname, the 19-year-old suspect was barefoot as he stepped off the plane. He kept his head down and ignored questions shouted by reporters. Escorted by six police cars and SUVs, the teen had close-shorn hair and wore short camouflage cargo pants, a white long-sleeved shirt and a bulletproof vest. Police blocked traffic on the route to the Central Detective Unit where he was taken for processing

CNN) -- The so-called "barefoot bandit," Colton Harris-Moore, pleaded guilty in a Bahamian court Tuesday to a charge of illegally landing a plane and was sentenced to three months in jail or a $300 fine, police said.

A deportation order was also entered for the teenager, said police spokeswoman Sgt. Chrislyn Skippings.

Harris-Moore, 19, appeared before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez for arraignment Tuesday.

He was taken into custody on Harbour Island in the Bahamas early Sunday. He is sought in a string of home and airport break-ins in various U.S. locations along with thefts of vehicles.



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The attorney who represented Harris-Moore at the hearing did not immediately return a call seeking comment from CNN on Tuesday.

Authorities in Madison County, Nebraska, issued an arrest warrant for Harris-Moore last month on charges of burglary and theft by unlawful taking or deception. The affidavit supporting the warrant alleges the youth waged a crime spree.

He faces charges in Washington state in the theft of an aircraft, and police have said they believe he stole a plane in Indiana and flew it to the Bahamas, where it was found off Abaco Island.

The teen has been on the run since he escaped from a juvenile halfway house in Renton, Washington, in 2008. The FBI had offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

MIAMI — The American teenager who police call the "Barefoot Bandit" is back in the United States after being deported from the Bahamas.

Officials say law enforcement escorted Colton Harris-Moore on a commercial flight to Miami on Tuesday. That was just hours after he pleaded guilty in the Bahamas to illegally entering the country.

Harris-Moore was arrested Sunday in the Bahamas, where police ended the 19-year-old convict's alleged two-year crime spree by capturing him following a high-speed boat chase.

all he needs to do now is escape custody and his legendary status will be confirmed

If he does that I will be totally impressed.

I see him as the dork almighty.

I don't think of any of this as cute.

Miss Priss is annoyed. People with nothing much do not like to be stolen from as a scamp maneuver.

I hope they nail him for multilple charges.

Oh, look, poor baby has attention deficit.

I don't have background to predict these things, but I think he will be kept off the streets a pretty good while.

I'm in an irritible state, and you know me when I get that way. This guy is going to have screenplays etc about his exploits? Let him never benefit from them. Let them portray him as a putz.

Lindsay Lohan, screen plays up the kazoo? Noooooooooooooooooooooooo. Interviews for a half million? No way.


No way.

Exploitation is plain old immoral, besides being ridiculous.



I suppose I am wrong on aspects re my opinion, but there it is.

No, your opinion is as good as anybody's. He's not Robin Hood or Peter Pan.

a cousin of mine makes a living with attention deficit patients, is well regarded. I was originally sympathtic.

I just look on him as a curiosity. I have no opinions regarding him as a person.

It is a true story. He use to hang out at a pet store a partner and I had. Harley was with him every time. One day they quit hanging around the store and we noticed our cash box was missing. We were on the way to the bank, so we had over $1,600. in it. They soon started getting in a bunch of trouble after that. They are very smart boys, too bad they could't focus on good habits.