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Barefoot Bandit gets 6-year federal sentence

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 3:18pm

SEATTLE -- The exploits of Colton Harris-Moore, the gangly "Barefoot Bandit" who as a wily thief and self-taught pilot managed to elude police with aplomb from Washington to the Bahamas for two years, ended Friday in a federal courtroom, where a judge sentenced him to 6- 1/2 years in prison and three years of probation.

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Colton Harris-Moore, also known as the "Barefoot Bandit," listens to testimony about his troubled childhood during a hearing in Island County Superior Court, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, in Coupeville, Wash. Harris-Moore pleaded guilty Friday to burglary and theft charges in the Barefoot Bandit case. The 20-year-old softly answered affirmatively when the judge asked if he understood his rights. He said guilty when the judge asked how he wanted to plead. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

'Barefoot Bandit' pleads guilty

Gene Johnson The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 16, 2011 - 6:39pm

COUPEVILLE, Wash. -- Colton Harris-Moore pleaded guilty Friday to burglary and theft charges in the Barefoot Bandit case.

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Defense portrays 'barefoot bandit' as abused, depressed

Erik Lacitis The Seattle Times

Last updated Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 10:36am

When Colton Harris-Moore faces the judge for sentencing on Friday, his mother won't be in the small Island County Superior Courtroom in Coupeville, Wash.

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'Barefoot Bandit's' film rights sold for $1 million

Kim Murphy Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 1:16pm

SEATTLE -- Colton Harris-Moore has had a lot of labels attached to him -- "Barefoot Bandit" most notably, but also via a T-shirt that bears the felonious youth's image with the words "Momma Tried." Now he'll be able add: "subject of a major motion picture."

The film studio 20th Century Fox has acquired the rights to Harris-Moore's tumultuous life story for "a tad over" $1 million, lawyers said, money that is to be used to repay victims of Harris-Moore's crime spree that ranged from the San Juan Islands in Washington to his dramatic arrest after a high-speed boat chase in the Bahamas.

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Plea deal near for ’Barefoot Bandit,’ lawyer says

Mike Carter, Seattle Times

Last updated Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 10:41pm

SEATTLE — The attorney representing Colton Harris-Moore said Thursday he is “within a day” of finalizing a plea agreement that will satisfy the dozens of jurisdictions where the so-called “Barefoot Bandit” is believed to have committed crimes during his years as a fugitive.

“A draft is on the table,” said lawyer John Henry Browne.

One of the final hurdles is an agreement over what will come of any money that Colton-Moore will make from movie and book deals about his escapades.

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Barefoot Bandit pleads not guilty

Mike Carter, The Seattle Times

Last updated Friday, November 19, 2010 - 10:38am

SEATTLE -- Colton Harris-Moore, the teenage "Barefoot Bandit" who was the subject of a two-year manhunt, pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to five federal charges in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

Magistrate Judge Mary Alice Theiler scheduled Harris-Moore's trial for Jan. 18 before U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones.

Afterward, Harris-Moore's attorney, John Henry Browne, said he hopes a plea deal can be struck that would limit the 19-year-old's time behind bars. He suggested that Harris-Moore's family might be interested in selling his story and using the proceeds to pay restitution to the dozens of victims.

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