Barefooot Bandit Sentenced to Six Years in Prison [Video]

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?