Barefoot Bandit

whgarrett
whgarrett Posts: 574
edited July 2010 in A Moving Train
Finally caught the bastard. :D
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  • RYEzupSF
    RYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    FREE COLTON!!!
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  • PJGirl321
    PJGirl321 Posts: 377
    His mother is quoted in article as saying she thinks what he does was "kinda neat."
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    PJGirl321 wrote:
    His mother is quoted in article as saying she thinks what he does was "kinda neat."
    ...
    'Kinda neat'... I can understand, it's his Mom and all... Is it going to be 'Kinda neat' when she has to pay his attorney's fees... or is the State going to cover those costs.
    And yeah... Crime is 'Kind neat'... to criminals.
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    About freakin' time...

    I hope they throw the book at him.
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Bigfoot is NOT a thie... oops, gotta stop drinking.
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    she'll think it's neat until they put him general population....sweetie :lol:

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  • BinGnarly
    BinGnarly Posts: 508
    You have to admit it is kind of a fun story. Something they make movies out of. Well maybe if he had been on the run for a little longer.
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    BinGnarly wrote:
    You have to admit it is kind of a fun story. Something they make movies out of. Well maybe if he had been on the run for a little longer.

    Yeah, a couple of years of robbing houses and joy-riding planes isn't really Frank Abagnale territory.
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  • KDH12
    KDH12 Posts: 2,096
    what was the worst crime he committed
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  • Tenzing N.
    Tenzing N. Posts: 466
    In my opinion it was the plane stealing. Can you imagine if he had crashed into someone? Besides, I think that actually was the worst crime he commited because of crossing state boundaries and all.

    Bottom line- we, as a society, can not let the romanticism involved in this to get in the way of the fact that he committed all of those crimes.
  • matabele
    matabele Posts: 277
    I take my hat off to the guy, the people who send him to jail and all those righteous assholes in Washington do far worse on a daily basis and get away with it, as far as I know he never harmed anybody.
    Long live the free spirit.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    matabele wrote:
    I take my hat off to the guy, the people who send him to jail and all those righteous assholes in Washington do far worse on a daily basis and get away with it, as far as I know he never harmed anybody.
    Long live the free spirit.

    Wonder how you'd feel if it was your stuff that he stole? Just because some people do worse, doesn't make lesser things ok.
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  • matabele
    matabele Posts: 277
    blackredyellow wrote:
    matabele wrote:
    I take my hat off to the guy, the people who send him to jail and all those righteous assholes in Washington do far worse on a daily basis and get away with it, as far as I know he never harmed anybody.
    Long live the free spirit.

    Wonder how you'd feel if it was your stuff that he stole? Just because some people do worse, doesn't make lesser things ok.
    Yes I would be angry but I guess I just like the freedom aspect of the adventure and it does not make lesser things ok, it just puts things in perspective, I'm all for equal justice across the board.
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    matabele wrote:
    ....I just like the freedom aspect of the adventure .

    Evading arrest for two years whilst committing over 50 burglaries. Not to mention the planes! Also, I seem to remember having read that he did a runner from a halfway house, already serving a sentence for thefts (having committed his first burglary age 12). Not really someone to 'romanticize' over. Wouldn't call him a 'free spirit' but a downright little shit who belongs where is now is. And I would say the same if he were my son.
  • matabele
    matabele Posts: 277
    redrock wrote:
    matabele wrote:
    ....I just like the freedom aspect of the adventure .

    Evading arrest for two years whilst committing over 50 burglaries. Not to mention the planes! Also, I seem to remember having read that he did a runner from a halfway house, already serving a sentence for thefts (having committed his first burglary age 12). Not really someone to 'romanticize' over. Wouldn't call him a 'free spirit' but a downright little shit who belongs where is now is. And I would say the same if he were my son.
    Does anybody know what sort of childhood he had?
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    matabele wrote:
    I take my hat off to the guy, the people who send him to jail and all those righteous assholes in Washington do far worse on a daily basis and get away with it, as far as I know he never harmed anybody.
    Long live the free spirit.
    i think the dude is fantastic.
    what a genius.
    he is awesome.
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    matabele wrote:
    redrock wrote:
    matabele wrote:
    ....I just like the freedom aspect of the adventure .

    Evading arrest for two years whilst committing over 50 burglaries. Not to mention the planes! Also, I seem to remember having read that he did a runner from a halfway house, already serving a sentence for thefts (having committed his first burglary age 12). Not really someone to 'romanticize' over. Wouldn't call him a 'free spirit' but a downright little shit who belongs where is now is. And I would say the same if he were my son.
    Does anybody know what sort of childhood he had?

    Typical background for disturbed kids... alcoholic dad who left when he was tiny, mother with alcohol issues as well and loads of boyfriends, etc. Whatever the background, it does not excuse 'us' making him a bit of a hero....
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Free spirits buy backpacks and granola and wander the Sierra Nevadas. They don't steal airplanes, boats, cars, and break into over 100 homes. Free spirits don't have their trailer park mother contacting famous Seattle attorneys to pre-arrange book and movie deals.

    I'll admit, it is a very interesting story, but it doesn't make up for the fact that this guy is a dickhead. I have no respect for thieves.
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  • matabele
    matabele Posts: 277
    [/quote]

    Typical background for disturbed kids... alcoholic dad who left when he was tiny, mother with alcohol issues as well and loads of boyfriends, etc. Whatever the background, it does not excuse 'us' making him a bit of a hero....[/quote]

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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    I wonder why he never thought to steal any shoes?
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