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Barefoot Bandit begins court hearings

Colton Harris-Moore will cool his heels in a Miami jail for at least another day.

Colton Harris Moore aka the “Barefoot Bandit,” a Washington kid who began living in the wild at age 7. He was responsible for over 100 thefts including 6 airplanes, and committed 67 felonies in 3 different countries while on the run from the FBI for 3 years, all while he was just 16 years old. He learned to pilot by playing flight simulators, and reading educational flight textbooks that he also stole. He was finally apprehended after crash-landing in the Bahamas with a Cesna he stole in Indiana, which led to a high speed boat chase. Colton was sentenced to 7 years in prison in 2012, and was released in 2016.





Miami, Florida - The teenaged fugitive dubbed the "Barefoot Bandit" remains in a Miami jail following his first US court appearance tied to his alleged string of crimes across the country.

Colton Harris-Moore will cool his heels in the Miami jail for at least another day.



On Tuesday, he was paraded to a Bahamian court. Wednesday, it was US federal court, where Harris-Moore, dressed in a tan prison jumpsuit, told judge Robert Dube his mother hired an attorney for him, but said he has not talked to the lawyer yet and doesn't even know his name.






"I'd have to speak with my mom first," he said.

Late Wednesday NBC News learned that Harris-Moore told his federal public defender that he now he wants to be represented by Seattle Attorney John Henry Browne.

"I think there's proof on some of these that it's quite clear, and then there are some other alleged crimes that we don't know that he's really involved in at all," said Browne.

Court documents show Harris-Moore faces federal prosecution for unlawfully transporting a stolen aircraft from Idaho to Washington in the fall of 2009.

Bare footprints were found at both the airport and the crash site.



Suspected of a two-year crime spree across at least eight states including Indiana, where he's suspected of stealing a Cessna from Bloomington and flying it to the Bahamas, Harris-Moore could face a harsh sentence.

"No one will give him a discount because he is 19 and has that boy next-door look to him. Once you see what he has been accused of, it's hard to conceive he won't be severely punished," said Wendy Murphy, former prosecutor.

But the young outlaw isn't accused of any violent crimes, and some suggest what this troubled teen really needs is help.

"This is the perfect opportunity for him to examine his life and get the psychiatric care that he deserves," said Jeff Gardere, psychologist.

Back in Washington state, Harris-Moore's mother, who authorities have long suggested is at least partly to blame for his behavior, is facing growing scorn from neighbors who suspect she's trying to profit from her son's story.



"The fact that we glorify what he has done, as some sort of folk hero; he is nothing more then a thief," said Joshua Flickner, Washington state resident.

Back in the Bahamas, on exclusive Harbour Island, one of Harris-Moore's alleged victims is just trying to break even.

"The FBI told Bahamian police to stop him at all costs, and my boat costs $300,000," said William Sport.


Sport's fishing boat was shot up by Bahamian authorities when they stopped Harris-Moore final effort to escape. Sport tells NBC News that boat, bullet holes and all, is now for sale on eBay.


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