The Barefoot Bandit is heading to prison. Colton Harris-Moore was sentenced today to six-and-a-half years in prison for a string of thefts and burglaries that spanned the United States.
The Barefoot Bandit gained international fame when he led police on a two-year manhunt across the United States. Harris-Moore eluded police by stealing boats, planes, and cars. He was eventually arrested in the Bahamas in July, 2010.
CNN reports that Harris-Moore pleaded guilty last year to stealing an airplane, flying without a license, robbing a bank and possessing a firearm as a fugitive. The Barefoot Bandit plead guilty to a total of 33 charges that ranged from identity theft, to residential burglary, to car theft.
The Barefoot Bandit’s two-year run from the law has already caught the eye of Hollywood and his story will soon become a movie. As part of the plea deal, Harris-Moore has agreed to use any profits that may come his way to pay back the $1.4 million he owes his victims.
Colton Harris-Moore was caught earlier this week writing emails that boasted about his crimes and insulted the officers who failed to catch him. Harris-Moore wrote:
“The things I have done as far as flying and airplanes goes, is amazing. Nobody on this planet have done what I have, except for the Wright brothers.”
Do you think the Barefoot Bandit should have been sentenced to more than 6 and a half years in prison? Less?
Demi Moore was rushed to the hospital earlier this week after she suffered convulsions from smoking an unknown substance.
A friend of Moore’s called 911 after the actress started to convulse. The friend says on the emergency call:
“She smoked something, it’s not marijuana but it is similar to incense. She seems to be having convulsions of some sort.”
It sounds like Moore was smoking K2 or another synthetic marijuana product. Earlier reports said that Moore was doing whip-its, or sucking the nitrous oxide out of whipped cream cans. The caller doesn’t identify the drug, but does say:
“She’s been having some other issues lately with some other stuff, so I don’t know what she’s been taking and not telling us. There’s been some stuff recently that we’re all just finding out.”
Here’s an edited version of the call from the Telegraph.
Here’s the full call released by city officials. (The call has been edited to keep certain medical issues private.)
On Tuesday Moore’s spokesperson said that the star decided to check into a rehab facility to get some rest. The spokesperson said:
“Because of the stresses in her life right now, Demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health.”
The Inquisitr reported earlier this week that Moore has had a rough emotional stretch the last few months. On top of her divorce to Ashton Kutcher, her AA sponsor, Pattsy Ruggs, passed away.
Do you think Demi Moore has a drug problem? Was this just a momentary lapse of judgement?
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