Colton Harris-Moore could face up to 7½ years in prison for his alleged crime spree
Colton Harris-Moore, whom authorities have dubbed the Barefoot Bandit, pleaded guilty Friday to several federal charges stemming from actions that led to his dramatic July 2010 capture in the Bahamas.
In July, CNN's Susan Candiotti detailed the arrest of the alleged "barefoot bandit" in the Bahamas.
The alleged "Barefoot Bandit" entered a not guilty plea during a federal court appearance Thursday, but a lawyer representing him said attorneys were working on the details of a plea agreement.
Over the last four months, Colton Harris-Moore has kept busy in solitary confinement by designing airplanes, his attorney said Thursday.
Accused "barefoot bandit" Colton Harris-Moore is expected to be arraigned in a Seattle, Washington, federal court on Thursday in connection with a series of airplane and boat thefts in the Pacific northwest.
In July, an author talked with CNN's American Morning about the case against Colton Harris-Moore.
An attorney for alleged "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore on Thursday agreed with a request by federal prosecutors that the captured teen fugitive remain in prison -- for the time being -- and said his client does not want to be considered a role model.
Colton Harris-Moore returned Thursday to a setting with which he is all-too-acquainted: a Washington State courtroom.
Colton Harris-Moore is said to have had psychiatric problems and a terribly volatile relationship with his mother
Hollywood producers couldn't have written Colton Harris-Moore's story better if they had dreamed it up themselves.
The former teenage fugitive known as the "barefoot bandit" is expected to appear in court this week after authorities nabbed him in a high-speed boat chase in the Bahamas, police said.
A Miami, Florida, court appearance for Colton Harris-Moore, the so-called "barefoot bandit," has been postponed until Friday, as he did not have a U.S.-based attorney to represent him Wednesday.
The "barefoot bandit," teenager Colton Harris-Moore, was taken Tuesday from the Bahamas to Miami to face charges, the FBI said.
Affiliate KIRO talks to the mother of Colton Harris-Moore, who was arrested in the Bahamas.
The Barefoot Bandit has more than 80,000 Facebook fans who see him as a folk hero, a modern-day Jesse James. But police say Colton Harris-Moore is a criminal, pure and simple.
Bahamian Police say they have arrested Colton Harris-Moore.
Accused thief Colton Harris-Moore, 19, has become a hotfooted celebrity on the lam
A federal judge in Washington state on Tuesday unsealed an indictment for airplane theft against an alleged teenage criminal known as "the barefoot bandit."
The teenage fugitive accused of stealing planes, cars and boats along the West Coast is now wanted in the nation's heartland, police say.
If the choice was take the money or run, "barefoot burglar" Colton Harris-Moore's decision apparently was to keep running.
An 18-year-old fugitive suspected of stealing airplanes eluded police again Thursday despite an active manhunt -- including helicopters and search dogs -- on an island off the coast of Washington state.
Authorities have a familiar suspect in the theft of a plane that alarmed air traffic controllers when it flew near airspace restricted for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics: They're looking for "the Barefoot Burglar."
Who is stealing -- and crashing -- airplanes in Washington state?
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