[quote]A US man dubbed the "Barefoot Bandit" for a string of robberies, thefts and assaults he committed as a teenager has pleaded guilty at his trial in Seattle.
Colton Harris-Moore gained cult status during his two years on the run, during which he stole cars and light aircraft to keep ahead of police.
He was finally arrested in the Bahamas in 2010 and deported to the US.
In addition to a jail term, the 20-year-old will forfeit any future earnings from selling his story.
Footprints left at some of the crime scenes indicated Harris-Moore had removed his shoes, earning him his nickname.
He will be sentenced in October but is expected to serve between five- and six-and-a-half years.
"The many years of Mr Harris-Moore avoiding responsibility for his criminal conduct have come to an end," said US Attorney Jenny Durkan in a statement at Friday's hearing.
"We have ensured he will not profit from his crimes, and that his victims will be compensated to the greatest extent possible.
"While we cannot stop him from telling his story, we can make sure he never sees a dime for his crimes."
'Armed and dangerous'
Harris-Moore's crime wave began in 2008, after he absconded from a halfway house in Seattle where he had been placed following previous run-ins with the police.
The complaint against him said he had been the primary suspect in at least 65 investigations across Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, Indiana, Nebraska, and parts of Canada.
Charges included theft of cars, bank robbery, assaulting police officers and the repeated burglary of empty holiday homes from which he took food, electronic items and credit cards.
Despite not having a pilot's licence, Harris-Moore stole at least three planes, flying them across the country and eventually to the Bahamas, where he was arrested.
He became something of a folk hero for some, but the FBI said he should be considered "armed and dangerous" and placed a $10,000 (£6,000) bounty on his head.
The plea deal means that Harris-Moore will never be able to profit from any books or films made about his life, or to sell his story. All proceeds will be used to pay back $1.4m to his victims.
He still faces charges in several counties but his lawyer, John Henry Browne, said he hoped any further jail terms could run concurrently with the state sentence.
Mr Browne said his client was hoping to study engineering on leaving prison.[/quote]
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I can see the jail sentence being justified but barring him from ever seeing a penny from any royalties he might get through books, movies, and television for the rest of his life? That's bullshit. He has to at least find some sort of loophole in that decision.
I don't care how funny it was reading about him, he deserves every bit of his sentence.
I saw him on the news a few years ago. The fact that there are people supporting him and treating him like a hero sickens me.
[QUOTE=LaughingStock;30541037]I saw him on the news a few years ago. The fact that there are people supporting him and treating him like a hero sickens me.[/QUOTE]
Teenagers love the idea of a "vigilante", a black sheep out of the white.
It's not that he's a hero, it's his adventure, I mean can you imagine hi-jacking planes and shit?
Bonnie and clyde where a bunch of assholes anyone who likes them sickens me :downs:
His appeal probably mainly stems from the fact that he's basically the lovechild of the kid from My Side of the Mountain and the evil version of the Outlaw Josey Wales. I don't think it has anything to do with him being a 'rebel.'
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I can see the jail sentence being justified but barring him from ever seeing a penny from any royalties he might get through books, movies, and television for the rest of his life? That's bullshit. He has to at least find some sort of loophole in that decision.[/QUOTE]
Maybe it's to discourage people from pulling shit like this so they can get lods emone and worldwide fame
Why is it bullshit, do you have ANY IDEA how much property damage he has done to people over the course of 2 years? Kid deserves it. All he did was cause thousands of dollars in property damage during his "adventure", why should he earn money from that?
[QUOTE=aznz888;30541130]Teenagers love the idea of a "vigilante", a black sheep out of the white.[/QUOTE]
how is he a vigilante
at all
Honestly the money he makes, should he choose to sell his story should be given back to his victims as compensation.
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[QUOTE=aznz888;30541130]Teenagers love the idea of a "vigilante", a black sheep out of the white.[/QUOTE]
He didn't stop criminals, he was one himself.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;30542049]Honestly the money he makes, should he choose to sell his story should be given back to his victims as compensation.[/QUOTE]
[quote]The plea deal means that Harris-Moore will never be able to profit from any books or films made about his life, or to sell his story. All proceeds will be used to pay back $1.4m to his victims.[/quote]
My bad.
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[QUOTE=CSOD;30542581]How is he a folk hero in any way? A folk hero, as I understand it, is an average person made great through tragedy or overcoming insurmountable odds. He's just a kleptomaniac who pilfered and destroyed innocent peoples property.
Good on the court for not allowing him to profit from his thievery in anyway and also for potentially discouraging copy cats.[/QUOTE]
[B]but it's fucking[/B][highlight] BADASS[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Mon;30542722][B]but it's fucking[/B][highlight] BADASS[/highlight][/QUOTE]
Here, lemme light your house on fire. That'll look badass.
[quote]According to an affidavit filed by Island County police, after breaking into the home of one Camano Island resident in January 2007, the so-called barefoot burglar used the internet connection to purchase three containers of bear mace (presumably to avoid being Grizzly Man'd), a computer program called Evidence Eraser and membership with an online gay male pornography site called barelytwinks.com[/quote]
hehehehee
thats pretty badass
but of course he has to do his time
[QUOTE=LaughingStock;30541037]I saw him on the news a few years ago. The fact that there are people supporting him and treating him like a hero sickens me.[/QUOTE]
They did the same to Jesse James, despite the fact he was nothing like the Robin Hood character they claimed he was and murdered at least 17 people in cold blood.
People come up with the stupidest fucking ideas and beliefs.
Robin Hood was also a cruel man. After a fight with a local man he cut off his ears and nose, then decapitated him and placed it head on a stick.
Little John also beat a monk and his seven year old assistant to death to stop him being a witness to the crime.
[QUOTE=LaughingStock;30541037]I saw him on the news a few years ago. The fact that there are people supporting him and treating him like a hero sickens me.[/QUOTE]
I don't think anyone really supported him, it's just that we wanted him to keep going because the story was too great to stop
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;30547245]Robin Hood was also a cruel man. After a fight with a local man he cut off his ears and nose, then decapitated him and placed it head on a stick.
Little John also beat a monk and his seven year old assistant to death to stop him being a witness to the crime.[/QUOTE]
That's not the Robin Hood idealized by people though. I mean, I didn't know that until now.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;30547245]Robin Hood was also a cruel man. After a fight with a local man he cut off his ears and nose, then decapitated him and placed it head on a stick.
Little John also beat a monk and his seven year old assistant to death to stop him being a witness to the crime.[/QUOTE]
Don't forget the destruction of an entire village just because they were short on a bet.
Robin Hood doesn't fuck around.
-snipped for reason below-
[QUOTE=MIPS;30548709]So what about Frank Abagnale Jr.?
He stole millions of dollars, inpersonated dozens of people and after all the shit he made go down still had a book and the movie Catch Me If You Can done after him.[/QUOTE]
He didn't exactly ruin anyone's lives in the process.
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I can see the jail sentence being justified but barring him from ever seeing a penny from any royalties he might get through books, movies, and television for the rest of his life? That's bullshit. He has to at least find some sort of loophole in that decision.[/QUOTE]
The guy commited strings of assault and theft. Yes he does deserve that sentence in my eyes.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;30547245]Robin Hood was also a cruel man. After a fight with a local man he cut off his ears and nose, then decapitated him and placed it head on a stick.
Little John also beat a monk and his seven year old assistant to death to stop him being a witness to the crime.[/QUOTE]
There are not any historical accounts of Robin Hood having existed, he's a character of folklore. Given that, he was not a real person. It doesn't make sense to call him cruel as in most versions (if not all non-significantly-adapted) he is not.
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;30551128]There are not any historical accounts of Robin Hood having existed, he's a character of folklore. Given that, he was not a real person. It doesn't make sense to call him cruel as in most versions (if not all non-significantly-adapted) he is not.[/QUOTE]
He is based upon the bands of brigands and theives in rural England during the high middle ages, if he did exist he would be one of them and such bands did have a notable reputation for cruelty.
Oddly enough the earlier records of apparent heroes are rather cynical or critical of them. For example many hated King Arthur and he was apparently recorded to have stolen clothes from a bishop and upon saving a woman, raped her.
When he meets his new cellmate, they're gonna have to call him the bareback bandit. :smugdog:
[QUOTE=aznz888;30541130]Teenagers love the idea of a "vigilante", a black sheep out of the white.[/QUOTE]
Beating up cops.
He's an even better vigilante than the Joker.
[QUOTE=Shining_Sabe;30551420]Beating up cops.
He's an even better vigilante than the Joker.[/QUOTE]
fuk da pohleez :downs:
The police are fucking people too, not robots programmed to take your weed away.
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