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The case of Colton Harris-Moore
Balloon dad's got nothing on this kid...
Balloon dad's got nothing on this kid...

To his thousands of fans, 18-year-old Colton Harris-Moore is a modern day Jesse James (without the bad), part Robin Hood (without the good), and a little bit James Bond (without the panache).
The frustrated Washington state sheriffs he has drawn into a six-year game of cat-and-mouse have other names for him though – names like “burglar,” “felon” and “barefoot bandit.”
Mr. Harris-Moore, who logged his first criminal conviction at the age of 12 and has become known for going without footwear, appeared to ratchet up the stakes in a long-running police search for his whereabouts recently when signs of his trademark antics were discovered on the Canadian side of the U.S. border north of rural Idaho.
Since the fugitive busted out of a juvenile detention facility in April, 2008, Mr. Harris-Moore, known as “Colt” to his fans, has grown into an anti-establishment rebel legend. U.S. newspapers have documented his increasingly crafty thefts, which now go beyond the simple robbery of cash and surveillance equipment to encompass the climbing of multi-storey buildings, destruction of heavy-duty safes and the stealing of luxury cars, boats and small aircraft.