Moore is suspected of being responsible for approximately 100 thefts in Washington, Idaho, and Canada, including bicycles, automobiles, light aircraft, and speedboats. Suspected offenses Ī Cessna 182T (top) and Cessna 400 (bottom), similar to airplanes allegedly stolen by Harris Moore. Never before sentenced to more than a month, he fled a three-year sentence by walking out of a halfway house in April 2008. What does that do to a kid?" In 2003, police found a neighbor's camcorder in his home. His mother once said, "Every time he had anything any good, everyone thought he stole it. Each conviction brought a 10-day stay in a detention center, or community service. He has been diagnosed with depression, attention deficit disorder and intermittent explosive disorder. His first conviction for stolen property came at age 12, and by the time he was 13, he had three more. He started living in the wild at the age of seven, and would break into vacation homes in the area, stealing blankets, food and water before disappearing into the forest for days. According to a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation, Moore said that his mother drank and became mean, breaking his possessions. He wouldn't listen to his teachers, started altercations at school, and would sometimes deliberately break things around the house. According to his mother, Pamela Kohler, his stepfather died when he was about seven years old, and from the time Moore was in the first grade, she knew there was "something off about him" – "sort of a disconnection". When he was twelve years old, his father walked out after an argument at a family barbecue. His father, Gordon, used drugs and was in prison while Moore was a toddler. Neighbors said they made several calls to Child Protective Services, believing he was neglected or abused. Ĭolton Harris Moore was born in Mount Vernon, Washington and grew up in his mother's house on Camano Island. On September 28, 2016, Moore was released from prison on parole. Despite the widely reported nickname, officials said that he more often wore shoes. He became known as the " Barefoot Bandit" by reportedly committing some of his crimes barefoot, once leaving behind 39 chalk footprints and the word "c'ya!". On January 27, 2012, he was sentenced to six and a half years for related federal crimes. On December 16, 2011, Moore was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for dozens of consolidated charges brought against him from three different counties. Two days later, he was extradited from Nassau, Bahamas, to Miami, Florida, and transferred on July 21 to the Federal Detention Center, SeaTac in Washington State. Moore, still only 19, was arrested in Harbour Island, Bahamas, on July 11, 2010, after police shot out the engine of the boat in which he was attempting to flee. Federal Court in Seattle, Washington, on charges of transporting another stolen aircraft in that state.
He was indicted on July 6, 2010, by a U.S. He fled to the Bahamas on July 4, 2010, allegedly in a plane stolen from Bloomington, Indiana. He was charged with the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in property, including several small aircraft, boats, and multiple cars, all committed while still a teenager.
Colton Harris Moore (born March 22, 1991) is an American former fugitive.