Originally published Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 12:32 PM
New charges for 'Barefoot Bandit' in plane theft
The legal troubles aren't over for Colton Harris-Moore, the youthful `Barefoot Bandit' who led police on a two-year crime spree in stolen boats, cars and planes.
The Associated Press
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The legal troubles aren't over for Colton Harris-Moore, the youthful `Barefoot Bandit' who led police on a two-year crime spree in stolen boats, cars and planes.
The 21-year-old, who is already serving a seven-year prison term, faces new theft and burglary charges in Washington.
Harris-Moore pleaded guilty to state and federal charges stemming from a cross-country run that took him from the Pacific Northwest to the Bahamas, where he was arrested in a hail of bullets in 2010.
Skagit County Prosecutor Rich Weyrich (WY'-rick) declined to sign on to the plea agreement resolving state charges, and this month he filed new charges. Harris-Moore is accused of stealing a plane belonging to an Anacortes couple and flying it to the Orcas Island airport in February 2010.
Weyrich says he will seek an exceptional sentence.









