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For those of you who haven't heard Colton Harris-Moore known as the Barefoot Bandit was finnally found today in the Bahamas. He is linked to crimes in 3 country's tons of states and is known for stealing airplanes and crashing them elsewhere. Colton comes from my town and has been bring terror for the past few years to us and it's a relief to see he was finnally found. It makes people feel safer knowing that 
Here are some articles on our little bad Robbin Hood!
http://heraldnet.com/article/201007....is.a.victory.for.sane.people.Camano.man.says
End of Barefoot Bandit's run is a victory for 'sane people', Camano man says
By Jackson Holtz and Noah Haglund
Herald Writer
CAMANO ISLAND Colton Harris-Moore's arrest this morning in the Bahamas hopefully will allow Camano Island to again become a peaceful retreat, island residents said today.
I guarantee that our community and that sane people around the country who aren't worshiping him are all feeling really good right now, said Josh Flickner, the owner of the Elger Bay Grocery and president of the island's chamber of commerce.
Flickner told a small crowd of reporters at a hastily called news conference this afternoon that he learned of the arrest early this morning.
He said he wasn't angry with police for taking so long to apprehend the 19-year-old fugitive. Instead, Flickner saved his anger for the system that allowed Harris-Moore to escape in 2008 and for the legions of fans who admire the felon's wanton crimes.
It's disgusting. I think our society worshiping him is just sad, Flickner said. He's nothing more than a thief who's hurt people psychologically, emotionally.
Other victims were pleased that Harris-Moore ended his spree without causing physical harm.
I am glad nobody was physically hurt and that Colton will have to answer for his crimes, said Bob Rivers, a Seattle radio personality and Orcas Island resident. His plane was taken in Nov. 2008 and Harris-Moore is the prime suspect.
Rivers said he just returned from a trip to Bangladesh on a mission for World Vision. The contrast between Harris-Moore's greed and the people he met was stark.
I've just met some of the sweetest kindest hard working people on the planet, who have nothing. I have seen the smiling faces of children who have had every disadvantage. Their only desire is a chance to go to school and learn so they can make something of themselves.
Oh, by the way... Most of them are barefoot too, Rivers said.
Harris-Moore has been called the Barefoot Bandit by himself and some media outlets after police spotted him running without shoes from crime scenes. He reportedly was barefoot at the time of his arrest early Sunday.
He stayed true to form, trying to remain free and flee police.
This morning his bare feet were chained together, ending a two-year run from authorities.
It went down like you expect of Colt, said Bob Friel, an Orcas Island writer who went to the Bahamas after learning the notorious fugitive was suspected of crashing a plane there.
Friel, who is writing a book about Harris-Moore, said he was near where the arrest was made early Sunday and learned that Harris-Moore chatted with locals prior to being confronted by authorities.
He tried to run to the very end. A sandbar and police bullets finally stopped his boat and convinced him to give up, the writer told The Herald today.
On his Outlaws and Outcasts blog, Friel, reported more details of what he was told happened, including reports that Harris-Moore chatted briefly with some people on a dock before he took off in a stolen Boston Whaler for what became his last dash for freedom. Bahamian police reportedly shot out the boat's outboard engines.
The prolific burglar kept his head down and didn't answer reporter's questions as Bahamian police led him toward their headquarters early this morning.
We're all very relieved, said Diana Anderson, an employee at the Elger Bay Grocery on Camano Island, one of the many businesses preyed upon by Harris-Moore. She said all the customers at the small store near Harris-Moore's childhood home were talking of the arrest today.
We're happy that he didn't get hurt, she told The Herald.
"I am thankful that Colton Harris-Moore has been taken into custody by the Bahamian authorities, Island County Sheriff Mark Brown said today. I pledge my commitment to seek accountability for the many crimes suffered by the citizens of Island County at the hands of this criminal."
Harris-Moore is expected to appear in a Nassau court this week.
Escorted to jail by six police cars and SUVs, the Camano Island teen had close-shorn hair and wore short camouflage cargo pants, a gray T-shirt and a bulletproof vest. Police blocked traffic on the route to the Central Detective Unit where he was taken for processing.
Harris-Moore was arrested before dawn on the north end of Eleuthera Island, said Sgt. Chrislyn Skippings, a spokeswoman for the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
No comment. No, no, no, Pam Kohler told The Herald this morning when contacted about the news. She's Harris-Moore's mother and lives on south Camano Island. In the past, she's been supportive of her son's efforts to remain free. She recently hired an attorney to represent her in dealing with the media.
Law enforcement officials around the Pacific Northwest were reacting Sunday as news of the arrest spread .
Our citizens can rest easier in the knowledge they will not be further victimized by Harris-Moore, San Juan County Sheriff Bill Cumming said in a release issued this morning.
Kyle Ater, whose Orcas Homegrown Market and Gourmet Deli was burglarized in February, said the arrest removes some of the myths around the teenager.
He's a real, tangible criminal, because until now he's been a ghost of a criminal, he said. Hopefully he can pay for his crimes now.
http://heraldnet.com/article/201007....events.in.the.history.of.Colton.Harris-Moore
Key events in the history of Colton Harris-Moore
Here are some of the key events in the story of Colton Harris-Moore, 19, the self-described "Barefoot Bandit" from Camano Island:
March 22, 1991 Born in Skagit County, he grew up on Camano Island. Although described as bright and creative, he had behavior problems in school and his first felony conviction by age 12.
February 2007 Arrested and prosecuted as a juvenile after a series of break-ins and thefts on Camano Island and in neighboring Stanwood. He made his first headlines after evading capture for months by hiding in the woods and seeking shelter in empty vacation homes.
April 22, 2008. While serving a three-year sentence for burglary, escapes from a group home for juvenile offenders in Renton..
July 18, 2008 Crashes a stolen car into Elger Bay Grocery. A backpack with evidence is found, including a stolen digital camera. Harris-Moore used it to snap a self-portrait, an image that spread around the world.
Nov. 12, 2008 An airplane is stolen from Orcas Island and crashes near Yakima. Hes the prime suspect.
March 12, 2009 Island County Sheiriffs Office seeks his arrest on adult charge of flight to avoid prosecution.
June 20, 2009 A deputys patrol car is broken into on Camano Island. His rifle and other equipment stolen. A fire station on Camano Island also is burglarized.
Sept. 8, 2009 The Island Market on Orcas Island is burglarized and an ATM vandalized. Tests later show Harris-Moores blood at the scene and he is charged with the crime.
Sept. 22, 2009 A boat is stolen from Orcas Island. San Juan County sheriffs deputies say Harris-Moore is then suspected in dozens of island burglaries, two airplane thefts and a boat theft. They think he is then headed toward Canada.
Sept. 29, 2009 A small plane is stolen in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Police link the theft to a string of crimes across British Columbia.
Oct. 1, 2009 A logger discovers the plane stolen in Idaho crashed in a clearing near Granite Falls. Harris-Moores DNA is found in the plane and man trackers follow bare footprints to a makeshift camp in the woods. Somebody shoots at a deputy during the intense manhunt, which involves SWAT teams and a helicopter from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Oct. 9, 2009 A Mukilteo man builds a Colton Harris-Moore Facebook Fan Page. The story of the Camano Island teen fugitive and his Web popularity sparks international media attention.
Oct. 26,2009 Harris-Moores former partner in crime, convicted felon Harley Davidson Ironwing, is arrested for shoplifting in Everett. Within weeks he gives the first of what becomes many jailhouse interviews about his days burglarizing homes with Harris-Moore.
Dec. 11, 2009 Federal prosecutors secretly charge Harris-Moore with theft of the Idaho plane. an FBI agents affidavit says the teen then is the focus of roughly 65 investigations involving police in two states and Canada.
Feb. 11 A plane stolen from Anacortes is recovered on Orcas Island. Not far away, a grocery store is burglarized. Somebody draws bare footprints on the floor.
Feb. 28 A burglary is attempted at an Orcas Island hardware store.
March 18 Federal agents and police from multiple jurisdictions scour the west side of Orcas Island.
April 16 A Hollywood studio buys the rights to a movie based on the fugitives life.
May 15 Video captures Harris-Moore at a marina on Lopez Island moments before a boat is stolen. the vessel is later found adrift off Camano Island.
May 21 A Seattle man starts an anti-Harris-Moore Web site, trying to drum up enthusiasm for his arrest.
May 29 An Everett bounty hunter announces hes joined the hunt. Police are cool to his involvement. Days later he meets with a crowd of about 200 people on Camano Island.
May 30 Harris-Moore leaves a note and cash a Raymond, Wash., veterinary clinic, asking that the money be used to help animals. He signs the note "the Barefoot Bandit."
June 1 A stolen boat from southwest Washington turns up in Oregon along the Columbia River. A car is stolen during a burglary at a small airport in Warrenton, Ore.
June 8 Harris-Moore snubs an Edmonds attorneys offer to help and a supposed anonymous donors offer to pay him $50,000 if he surrenders.
June 9 Food and a car are stolen when a burglar fails in an attempt to steal a plan in McMinnville, Ore.
June 10 A car is stolen at a small airport in Ontario, Ore. It is recovered two days later in Boise, Idaho. Officials began warning police that Harris-Moore may be on the move east.
June 13 The trail picks up in Spearfish, S.D., where a car stolen in Wyoming is recovered at a small airport. The thief leaves in another stolen car.
June 18 A manhunt is launched after people in Yankton, S.D. return home to find a naked young man in their home. Evidence links Harris-Moore to the burglary. Another car is stolen.
June 20 Harris-Moore faces charges for a burglary and car theft in Norfolk, Neb.
June 21 More burglaries and another car theft in Pella, Iowa.
June 22 A car owned by the city of Ottumwa, Iowa, is stolen and there are burglaries, including one at the local airport.
June 24 The car taken in Ottumwa, Iowa is found stuck in the sand near Dallas City, Illinois.
July 3 A car stolen from Illinois is recovered and then a Cessna 400 plane is stolen from a locked hangar at the Monroe County Airport in Bloomington, Ind.
July 4 The Cessna stolen in Indiana is found crashed off the coast of Grand Abaco Island in the Bahamas, about 1,200 miles from where it was stolen. FBI announces a $10,000 reward and unseals a criminal complaint against Harris-Moore.
July 11 The Royal Bahamas Police Force arrest Harris-Moore before dawn on neighboring Eleuthera Island.
Here are some articles on our little bad Robbin Hood!http://heraldnet.com/article/201007....is.a.victory.for.sane.people.Camano.man.says
End of Barefoot Bandit's run is a victory for 'sane people', Camano man says
By Jackson Holtz and Noah Haglund
Herald Writer
CAMANO ISLAND Colton Harris-Moore's arrest this morning in the Bahamas hopefully will allow Camano Island to again become a peaceful retreat, island residents said today.
I guarantee that our community and that sane people around the country who aren't worshiping him are all feeling really good right now, said Josh Flickner, the owner of the Elger Bay Grocery and president of the island's chamber of commerce.
Flickner told a small crowd of reporters at a hastily called news conference this afternoon that he learned of the arrest early this morning.
He said he wasn't angry with police for taking so long to apprehend the 19-year-old fugitive. Instead, Flickner saved his anger for the system that allowed Harris-Moore to escape in 2008 and for the legions of fans who admire the felon's wanton crimes.
It's disgusting. I think our society worshiping him is just sad, Flickner said. He's nothing more than a thief who's hurt people psychologically, emotionally.
Other victims were pleased that Harris-Moore ended his spree without causing physical harm.
I am glad nobody was physically hurt and that Colton will have to answer for his crimes, said Bob Rivers, a Seattle radio personality and Orcas Island resident. His plane was taken in Nov. 2008 and Harris-Moore is the prime suspect.
Rivers said he just returned from a trip to Bangladesh on a mission for World Vision. The contrast between Harris-Moore's greed and the people he met was stark.
I've just met some of the sweetest kindest hard working people on the planet, who have nothing. I have seen the smiling faces of children who have had every disadvantage. Their only desire is a chance to go to school and learn so they can make something of themselves.
Oh, by the way... Most of them are barefoot too, Rivers said.
Harris-Moore has been called the Barefoot Bandit by himself and some media outlets after police spotted him running without shoes from crime scenes. He reportedly was barefoot at the time of his arrest early Sunday.
He stayed true to form, trying to remain free and flee police.
This morning his bare feet were chained together, ending a two-year run from authorities.
It went down like you expect of Colt, said Bob Friel, an Orcas Island writer who went to the Bahamas after learning the notorious fugitive was suspected of crashing a plane there.
Friel, who is writing a book about Harris-Moore, said he was near where the arrest was made early Sunday and learned that Harris-Moore chatted with locals prior to being confronted by authorities.
He tried to run to the very end. A sandbar and police bullets finally stopped his boat and convinced him to give up, the writer told The Herald today.
On his Outlaws and Outcasts blog, Friel, reported more details of what he was told happened, including reports that Harris-Moore chatted briefly with some people on a dock before he took off in a stolen Boston Whaler for what became his last dash for freedom. Bahamian police reportedly shot out the boat's outboard engines.
The prolific burglar kept his head down and didn't answer reporter's questions as Bahamian police led him toward their headquarters early this morning.
We're all very relieved, said Diana Anderson, an employee at the Elger Bay Grocery on Camano Island, one of the many businesses preyed upon by Harris-Moore. She said all the customers at the small store near Harris-Moore's childhood home were talking of the arrest today.
We're happy that he didn't get hurt, she told The Herald.
"I am thankful that Colton Harris-Moore has been taken into custody by the Bahamian authorities, Island County Sheriff Mark Brown said today. I pledge my commitment to seek accountability for the many crimes suffered by the citizens of Island County at the hands of this criminal."
Harris-Moore is expected to appear in a Nassau court this week.
Escorted to jail by six police cars and SUVs, the Camano Island teen had close-shorn hair and wore short camouflage cargo pants, a gray T-shirt and a bulletproof vest. Police blocked traffic on the route to the Central Detective Unit where he was taken for processing.
Harris-Moore was arrested before dawn on the north end of Eleuthera Island, said Sgt. Chrislyn Skippings, a spokeswoman for the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
No comment. No, no, no, Pam Kohler told The Herald this morning when contacted about the news. She's Harris-Moore's mother and lives on south Camano Island. In the past, she's been supportive of her son's efforts to remain free. She recently hired an attorney to represent her in dealing with the media.
Law enforcement officials around the Pacific Northwest were reacting Sunday as news of the arrest spread .
Our citizens can rest easier in the knowledge they will not be further victimized by Harris-Moore, San Juan County Sheriff Bill Cumming said in a release issued this morning.
Kyle Ater, whose Orcas Homegrown Market and Gourmet Deli was burglarized in February, said the arrest removes some of the myths around the teenager.
He's a real, tangible criminal, because until now he's been a ghost of a criminal, he said. Hopefully he can pay for his crimes now.
http://heraldnet.com/article/201007....events.in.the.history.of.Colton.Harris-Moore
Key events in the history of Colton Harris-Moore
Here are some of the key events in the story of Colton Harris-Moore, 19, the self-described "Barefoot Bandit" from Camano Island:
March 22, 1991 Born in Skagit County, he grew up on Camano Island. Although described as bright and creative, he had behavior problems in school and his first felony conviction by age 12.
February 2007 Arrested and prosecuted as a juvenile after a series of break-ins and thefts on Camano Island and in neighboring Stanwood. He made his first headlines after evading capture for months by hiding in the woods and seeking shelter in empty vacation homes.
April 22, 2008. While serving a three-year sentence for burglary, escapes from a group home for juvenile offenders in Renton..
July 18, 2008 Crashes a stolen car into Elger Bay Grocery. A backpack with evidence is found, including a stolen digital camera. Harris-Moore used it to snap a self-portrait, an image that spread around the world.
Nov. 12, 2008 An airplane is stolen from Orcas Island and crashes near Yakima. Hes the prime suspect.
March 12, 2009 Island County Sheiriffs Office seeks his arrest on adult charge of flight to avoid prosecution.
June 20, 2009 A deputys patrol car is broken into on Camano Island. His rifle and other equipment stolen. A fire station on Camano Island also is burglarized.
Sept. 8, 2009 The Island Market on Orcas Island is burglarized and an ATM vandalized. Tests later show Harris-Moores blood at the scene and he is charged with the crime.
Sept. 22, 2009 A boat is stolen from Orcas Island. San Juan County sheriffs deputies say Harris-Moore is then suspected in dozens of island burglaries, two airplane thefts and a boat theft. They think he is then headed toward Canada.
Sept. 29, 2009 A small plane is stolen in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Police link the theft to a string of crimes across British Columbia.
Oct. 1, 2009 A logger discovers the plane stolen in Idaho crashed in a clearing near Granite Falls. Harris-Moores DNA is found in the plane and man trackers follow bare footprints to a makeshift camp in the woods. Somebody shoots at a deputy during the intense manhunt, which involves SWAT teams and a helicopter from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Oct. 9, 2009 A Mukilteo man builds a Colton Harris-Moore Facebook Fan Page. The story of the Camano Island teen fugitive and his Web popularity sparks international media attention.
Oct. 26,2009 Harris-Moores former partner in crime, convicted felon Harley Davidson Ironwing, is arrested for shoplifting in Everett. Within weeks he gives the first of what becomes many jailhouse interviews about his days burglarizing homes with Harris-Moore.
Dec. 11, 2009 Federal prosecutors secretly charge Harris-Moore with theft of the Idaho plane. an FBI agents affidavit says the teen then is the focus of roughly 65 investigations involving police in two states and Canada.
Feb. 11 A plane stolen from Anacortes is recovered on Orcas Island. Not far away, a grocery store is burglarized. Somebody draws bare footprints on the floor.
Feb. 28 A burglary is attempted at an Orcas Island hardware store.
March 18 Federal agents and police from multiple jurisdictions scour the west side of Orcas Island.
April 16 A Hollywood studio buys the rights to a movie based on the fugitives life.
May 15 Video captures Harris-Moore at a marina on Lopez Island moments before a boat is stolen. the vessel is later found adrift off Camano Island.
May 21 A Seattle man starts an anti-Harris-Moore Web site, trying to drum up enthusiasm for his arrest.
May 29 An Everett bounty hunter announces hes joined the hunt. Police are cool to his involvement. Days later he meets with a crowd of about 200 people on Camano Island.
May 30 Harris-Moore leaves a note and cash a Raymond, Wash., veterinary clinic, asking that the money be used to help animals. He signs the note "the Barefoot Bandit."
June 1 A stolen boat from southwest Washington turns up in Oregon along the Columbia River. A car is stolen during a burglary at a small airport in Warrenton, Ore.
June 8 Harris-Moore snubs an Edmonds attorneys offer to help and a supposed anonymous donors offer to pay him $50,000 if he surrenders.
June 9 Food and a car are stolen when a burglar fails in an attempt to steal a plan in McMinnville, Ore.
June 10 A car is stolen at a small airport in Ontario, Ore. It is recovered two days later in Boise, Idaho. Officials began warning police that Harris-Moore may be on the move east.
June 13 The trail picks up in Spearfish, S.D., where a car stolen in Wyoming is recovered at a small airport. The thief leaves in another stolen car.
June 18 A manhunt is launched after people in Yankton, S.D. return home to find a naked young man in their home. Evidence links Harris-Moore to the burglary. Another car is stolen.
June 20 Harris-Moore faces charges for a burglary and car theft in Norfolk, Neb.
June 21 More burglaries and another car theft in Pella, Iowa.
June 22 A car owned by the city of Ottumwa, Iowa, is stolen and there are burglaries, including one at the local airport.
June 24 The car taken in Ottumwa, Iowa is found stuck in the sand near Dallas City, Illinois.
July 3 A car stolen from Illinois is recovered and then a Cessna 400 plane is stolen from a locked hangar at the Monroe County Airport in Bloomington, Ind.
July 4 The Cessna stolen in Indiana is found crashed off the coast of Grand Abaco Island in the Bahamas, about 1,200 miles from where it was stolen. FBI announces a $10,000 reward and unseals a criminal complaint against Harris-Moore.
July 11 The Royal Bahamas Police Force arrest Harris-Moore before dawn on neighboring Eleuthera Island.
