‘Barefoot Bandit' on work release in Seattle

Colton Harris-Moore, the former teenage car, boat and plane thief who became known as the "Barefoot Bandit" will spend the rest of his sentence on work release.

The Washington Department of Corrections says he was put in the Reynolds Work Release facility in Seattle. He will live at the center until his sentence is over in January, and corrections officials say he will only be allowed out of the building to work.

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A federal judge sentenced the then 20-year-old to six-and-a-half years in prison for a string of thefts and burglaries. In 2008, he escaped from a juvenile halfway house and evaded law enforcement while committing crimes, including stealing planes, cars, and a boat. He was arrested in the Bahamas.

He was sentenced to six and a half years.

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Earlier this year on KIRO Radio's Ron and Don Show, Harris-Moore expressed remorse for his three-year crime spree.

"The past is the past. I made a lot of mistakes in my youth and I'm all grown up now and it's pretty much as simple as that. You make mistakes, you live, you learn and you move on," Harris-Moore said.

In August, attorney John Henry Browne told Seattle's Morning News on KIRO Radio that Harris-Moore would be doing clerical work in Browne's office until he finishes work release. Browne, known for representing high-profile cases such as Harris-Moore and serial killer Ted Bundy, said the work at his office will offer "a home" away from the work release facility.

Harris-Moore will be working part-time and live in a halfway house.

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