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The Ballad of Barefoot Harris 
Barefoot Bandit Colton Harris-Moore's Final Moments On the Run
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The first thing I remember knowing....read more
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Federal prosecutors now have until November to figure out what to do with Colton Harris-Moore, the Barefoot Bandit from Camano Island.
A judge last week set a deadline of Nov. 15 for prosecutors to formally indict the 19-year-old serial burglary suspect, according to documents filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
source: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100824/NEWS01/708249875
(story by Jack Archibald)
Camano Island, not too long back, was accessible pretty much only by boat, which explains why we’re part of Island County with Whidbey, and not Snohomish. For a time we had a little cable ferry to cross across the river and later we had a swing bridge. About 60 years ago we built the Mark Clark Bridge. Mark Clark, for all you commuters getting backed up by him every morning and evening, was a WW2 general who bought property on the island but never actually lived here. He was as close to a hero as Camano ever had, but sadly we all wish he’d cut a wider swath. About 4 lanes wide… Now, of course, we have the new bridge about to open. Still kind of a bottleneck and unfortunately, still no good heroes to name it after. I suppose we could offer up some beachfront land to somebody famous and name it after them. The Galloping Gourmet lived here, but we can’t call it the Galloping Gourmet Bridge, not after Galloping Gertie galloped into the Tacoma Narrows. We could always have a contest, I suppose. That’s what folks do when they’ve run out of ideas. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and offer my own modest proposal. The Colton Harris Moore Bridge. Now I know there’ll be some initial resistance, but hear me out, okay? The South End Chamber of Little Commerce, our bastion of entrepreneurial endeavor, doesn’t really like talking to reporters about Colton, something akin to Forks denying that vampires walk their streets after dark. I guess the realtors hate having to explain the intricacies of alarm system technologies to every prospective shack buyer. It’s a difficult enough market as it is … and if you were looking for property with a small airstrip behind the carriage house and a hangar for your Cessna, well, probably there are better places to retire. Our current tourism ad slogan — ‘the place to do nothing’ – always troubled us slackers down past Elger Bay Store. We weren’t proud of unemployment and indolence. We aren’t ashamed either, but hellfire, what kind of tourist promotion IS this? Especially when we got the Mother of All Tourist Promotions going on for the past 3 or 4 years. The Barefoot Burglar, the Camano Kid, the Flying Filcher, our very own international anti-hero. The movies are being shot, the books are being written, the documentaries are being edited, the mom has hired an entertainment lawyer, the deals are being made! Rolling Stone has declared Camano officially the Cape Cod of the Pacific Northwest. And we still want to be the place that does nada? Maybe the Chamber …. But the rest of us are ready to roll! Tour buses, T-shirts, coffee mugs, souvenir shops: we’re ready to cash in. Camano, the island to do nothing? We don’t need a new slogan, we need a new NAME. Colton Island. Nice ring to it. And how do you get to Colton Island? Bingo! Get off the hammock and call your commissioner today!
[Paid for by the Colton Harris Moore Bridge Committee]
source:http://thecrabcracker.com/2010/08/coltons-bridge/
On Aug. 6, Adam Willow Hayes, 33, pleaded guilty in San Juan County Superior Court to three counts of felony burglary and to one count each of possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of methamphetamine, both of which are Class C felonies. Hayes, who’s criminal record includes three prior felony convictions as a juvenile and five as an adult — mostly property crimes — was ordered to serve a total of four years and three months in prison, and to pay $1,300 in fines and fees.
read more: http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isj/news/100566134.html
source: http://virgofolkie.livejournal.com/80952.html
Colton on the Moor (parody lyrics)
COLTON ON THE MOOR
–lyrics partly trad., partly © 2010 by Karen I. Olsen
Tune: “Brennan on the Moor” (trad. Irish)
NOTE: Fans of Irish music will recognize this as a parody of the traditional Irish ballad “Brennan on the Moor”, about an Irish highwayman named Willie Brennan. This parody, of course, is dedicated to western Washington’s own “Barefoot Bandit”, Colton Harris-Moore of Camano Island, WA. Some of the lyrics are borrowed or adapted from the original ballad; but most of these words are original. Either way, it was a fun piece to write! Enjoy…. (Warning: these lyrics contain a couple of four-letter words)
‘Tis of a strange young bandit boy this story we will tell.
His name was Colton Harris-Moore, the Northwest knew him well.
‘Twas on Camano Island he commenced his wild career;
And before the Barefoot Bandit, Island County shook with fear.
Chorus: And it’s Colton on the moor, Colton Harris-Moore;
Bold, brave and unbalanced was young Colton on the moor.
He broke out of a group home at all of seventeen.
Scored break-ins by the dozen, yet was scarcely ever seen.
He covered many miles using taxis, boats and trains;
But his favorite ride of all to grab was single-engine planes.
And it’s Colton on the moor…
From hideouts on the islands, adventure called him south;
His outlaw reputation spread online and word-of-mouth.
At a pet shelter in Raymond, his folded note did say:
“Just passing through and left some cash;
Now, I’ll be on my way.”
Said young Colton on the moor…
Then eastward through the heartland, the bandit cheated jails;
All down Tornado Alley, Colton’s fingerprints told tales.
Neighborhoods got nervous, and the Feds all had a cow;
Said posts all over Facebook: “Where the fuck’s he got to now?”
And it’s Colton on the moor…
Now, give or take a line or two, the truth I will unfold:
He’d read that tourists held the keys to Caribbean gold.
With a plane from Indiana, twelve hundred miles he flew:
“Heads up; the Barefoot Bandit’s off to be a pirate too!”
And it’s Colton on the moor…
Now, Colton being an outlaw across the land and sky,
With FBI and hired guns, to take him they did try.
He laughed at them with scorn; until, at last, ’twas said
By a sharp blond barista he was cruelly betrayed.
Was young Colton on the moor…
Now, just in case you’re wondering, it’s not to cheer his crimes;
But the moral of this quirky tale is one for desp’rate times.
Sure, breaking in is rude; but before you judge his ways,
Just how the hell can most of us make decent bucks these days?
And it’s Colton on the moor, Colton Harris-Moore;
Bold, brave and unbalanced was young Colton on the moor.
(Repeat chorus)
The FBI is currently searching ‘Barefoot Bandit’ Colton Harris-Moore’s MacBook and iPod touch because they believe it could be a goldmine of evidence against the thief.
When Colton Harris-Moore was apprehended on July 11, he was in a supposedly stolen boat just off the Bahamas. Thinking the jig was up, the 19-year-old dumped a gun, his backpack, his MacBook and his iPod touch into the few feet of water his boat was sitting in. The Seattle Times reports that these items were recovered five hours later by Bahamian police, who charged him $300 for illegal entry and deported him to the United States. The FBI is now searching his laptop and iPod for evidence relating to his crimes. The FBI is also trying to ascertain who actually owns the items.
source: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/FBI-Colton-Harris-Moore-Barefoot-Bandit,news-7722.html
While the general population waits as the countdown to the sentencing for Colton continues, the “Barefoot Bandit” is housed day and night at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac, Washington. SeaTac is currently home to approximately 821 Male and Female inmates including Colton and has housed renowned Drug Lord and United Nations Gang Leader Clayton Roueche, and Cannabis Advocate Marc Emmery. We know that Colton is not enjoying his stay so our hearts go out to him. Stay brave Colton!
source: http://colton-harris-moore.blogspot.com/2010/08/seatac-federal-penitentiary.html
There’s little doubt among legal experts thatColton Harris-Moore’s best bet to avoid a lengthy prison term is to mount a defense that highlights his troubled upbringing and plays down the bravado of his two years on the run.
That’s already started.
His defense attorney, John Henry Browne, said on national television that the “Barefoot Bandit” isn’t interested in making money from his story. Harris-Moore didn’t have fun on the run, his lawyer said. He was lonely and scared.
source: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100801/NEWS01/708019843&news01ad=1
A small group of officials in Island County’s law and justice community recently got together to discuss how to handle a possible onslaught of media if and when Colton Harris-Moore arrives in Coupeville.
source: http://www.seattlepi.com/sound/424167_sound99349709.html?source=rss
source: http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/07/barefoot_bandit_colton_harris-.php
He said Harris-Moore had a message for the public.
“He’s concerned that kids will think this is fun, and he wanted us to say publicly that it was not fun. He was scared to death most of the time he was on his ‘lark’,” said Browne. “It was not enjoyable … he was living in port-a-potties at times.”
read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/423818_barefoot22.html