$1.3 MILL FOR BAREFOOT BANDIT COLTON HARRIS MOORE

MOVIE STAR

BAREFOOT Bandit Colton Harris-Moore has sold the movie right to his story for a reported $1.3 million.
The troublesome 20-year-old who has no formal flight training, pilfered at least five planes and dozens of car and boats as he evaded capture for a string of burglaries over the last two or three years.
He is suspected to have committed at least 80 break-ins on cottages and houses in Vancouver WA area, often without wearing any shoes.
But each time authorities got near he'd steal a boat or a plane to escape.  
It's thought that he is incredibly bright Harris-Moore taught himself to fly from manuals, although his landings were often little more than crashes.
Eventually, he flew a light plane from his home in Vancouver Island to the Bahamas, where a $10,000 FBI reward and a huge law enforcement team eventually caught up with him. 
Now it's thought 20th Century Fox have paid $1.3 million for the rights, although a spokesman for the studio said the figure was "highly exaggerated.
His attorney, John Henry Browne, has said his client wants any such money to go to the victims and it is estimated to owe more than $1.4 million in restitution.
Harris-Moore's plea deal is expected to result in a 10-year prison term when he is sentenced in late October. He also faces an assortment of state charges.

BAREFOOT BANDIT COLTON HARRIS MOORE GUILTY

GUILTY? ME?

BAREFOOT Bandit Colton Harris Moore has pleaded guilty to a spree of sometimes shoeless crimes across nine states and the Bahamas.
The troublesome 20-year-old who has no formal flight training, pilfered at least five planes and dozens of car and boats as he evaded capture for a string of burglaries over the last two or three years.
He is suspected to have committed at least 80 break-ins on cottages and houses in Vancouver WA area, often without wearing any shoes.
But each time authorities got near he'd steal a boat or a plane to escape, even though he had no formal flight training and is believed to have taught himself from manuals.
Eventually, he flew a light plane from his home in Vancouver Island to the Caribbean, landing in the Bahamas, where a $10,000 FBI reward and a huge law enforcement team caught up with him.
Now after pleading guilty he faces a maximum of 78 months in prison and must pay more than $1.4 million in restitution when he is sentenced in October.
Under the 28-page plea agreement with federal prosecutors, Harris-Moore also agreed to forfeit any profits, intellectual property and life story rights from his crimes.
His defense attorney John Henry Browne had earlier said a final deal was complicated in part by the question of whether his client, a high school dropout and self-taught pilot, should be permitted to sell and profit from the rights to his life story.
Delighted U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan said: "Mr. Harris-Moore's flight from justice has ended. He will spend a significant amount of time in prison and he will not make a dime from his crimes."
Harris-Moore still faces a trial in state court over more than 40 charges filed sparely by four Washington counties in connection with what prosecutors said was a two-year crime spree.

DEAL FOR BAREFOOT BANDIT COLTON HARRIS MOORE

BAREFOOT BANDIT

BAREFOOT Bandit Colton Harris Moore could reach a plea deal this week his lawyer has revealed. 
The troublesome 19-year-old who has no formal flight training, pilfered at least five planes and dozens of car and boats as he evaded capture for a string of burglaries over the last two or three years.
Eventually, he flew a light plane from his home in Vancouver Island to the Caribbean, landing in the Bahamas, where a $10,000 FBI reward and a huge law enforcement team caught up with him.
His already lengthy list of more than 70 crimes across nine states.
Moore's defense attorney, John Henry Browne, told reporters afterward that a plea deal on the overall federal case could be finalized later on Thursday, but would not be made public for about a week.
He was indicted on a total of six federal charges, including interstate transportation of a stolen plane, boat and a gun, as well as being a fugitive in possession of a firearm and flying a plane without a pilot's license.
He also pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a newly filed burglary charge, which stemmed from the theft from an automated teller machine.

BAREFOOT BANDIT FACES MOORE CHARGES

BARE-FOOTED CHEEK

BAREFOOT bandit Colton Harris Moore faces yet more charges against him connected with the theft of another plane and the robbery of an airport hangar. As his lawyer try to thrash out a plea deal for the 16-year-old who led authorities on a huge cross country chase he stands accused of more crimes in addition to his already lengthy list of more than 70 crimes across nine states.
The self-taught pilot, is accused of leading authorities on several chases in stolen boats, cars and small planes after allegedly fleeing from a halfway house south of Seattle in 2008.

But his life on the lam came to an end almost a year ago after he allegedly stole a plane in Indiana, crash landed it in the Bahamas and was ultimately captured by cops on the island following a high-speed boat chase.
The nimble 19-year-old is expected to reach plea deals by the end of this month that would resolve federal and state charges in several jurisdictions.
But now these new charging documents describe how authorities found bare footprints, fingerprints and DNA at many San Juan island locations in Washington State.
They add the young man taunted one sheriff's deputy who chased him by calling out, "You can't catch me."