'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years


The surfacing of emails in which the "Barefoot Bandit" bragged of his feats in stealing and flying airplanes and made fun of law enforcement authorities doesn't seem to have hurt his sentencing in federal court on Friday: The

SEATTLE — A federal judge on Friday sentenced “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.

The surfacing of emails in which the "Barefoot Bandit" bragged of his feats in stealing and flying airplanes and made fun of law enforcement authorities doesn't seem to have hurt his sentencing in federal court on Friday: The

SEATTLE (AP) — "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in a Seattle federal courtroom for his two-year international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts. Authorities say he flew a plane stolen

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