The Plot Thickens, The Legend Grows: Camano Island Teen Suspected of Idaho Airplane Theft
It's hard to tell if this kid is really an epic fugitive along the lines of Jason Bourne and Frank Abagnale, Jr. or just a convenient scapegoat for sundry thefts in the rural Northwest. Colton Harris-Moore is now suspected of stealing a plane in Idaho, "hard-landing" it in Granite Falls, and walking away. This followed a series of thefts--in which he is apparently a suspect--of handguns, food, and beer at an airport in Creston, B.C. Perhaps this international action will bring another law enforcement agency to the list of those investigating him, which already includes local police, the Federal Aviation Administration, and, thanks to his cross-state foray, the FBI. 
If he is indeed guilty of the crimes of which he's accused, someone has to make a movie of his unprecedented run. He's an unlikely super-fugitive, having grown up in a trailer in the woods and honed his skills stealing equipment from his middle school. But, police allege, he quickly moved on to stealing and flying planes, learning to do the latter by reading flight manuals and Internet articles. And he jumped from a stolen Mercedes he was driving during a police chase, letting it crash into a grocery store while he disappeared into the woods, laughing at his pursuers.
Of course, all of this sucks for the victims of his crimes. But time heals wounds and Hollywood loves a precocious lawbreaker. See you on the big screen, Colton.
11 comment(s)
FLAMERPREPS says:
My new role model. Great work.
Posted On: Saturday, Oct. 3 2009 @ 7:49PM
Cake says:
Ridin' dirty
http://www.filthyrichmond.com/2008/10/ridin-dirty.html
Posted On: Saturday, Oct. 3 2009 @ 7:53PM
Mistakes Girls Make says:
He must have a really loud laugh
Posted On: Saturday, Oct. 3 2009 @ 8:02PM
Spraktes says:
haha, this happened near where i live. it was in the paper today. First time the Post Register beat Digg on a story.
Posted On: Saturday, Oct. 3 2009 @ 8:41PM
lol says:
SOMEONES PLAYING TOO MuCH GRAND THEFT AUTO
Posted On: Saturday, Oct. 3 2009 @ 9:29PM
Hans Wurst says:
Have they caught him yet, or does he still have a chance to borrow the space shuttle and then take the ISS hostage?
Posted On: Saturday, Oct. 3 2009 @ 10:55PM
Jamver says:
Did they catch him?
Posted On: Sunday, Oct. 4 2009 @ 3:54AM
hilarious says:
kid is destined for greatness:
"He was quite athletic and outran the officer and outmaneuvered him into a wooded area," Cumming said. "He laughed out loudly when he realized he was successful escaping from that officer."
He LOL'd. Then the only way they have ever caught this modern day robin hood:
One of the few times police were able to catch him--when he was 15--was by posing as pizza guys:
Deputies noticed a dozen pizza boxes at an abandoned campsite. So the next time Harris-Moore phoned in an order, during a visit to his mother's trailer, a deputy grabbed some pizza boxes, attached a pizza-delivery dome to the roof of an unmarked patrol car and knocked on the door.
Posted On: Sunday, Oct. 4 2009 @ 4:38AM
ultimatebuster says:
Sounds like James Bond/MacGyver in real life.
Posted On: Sunday, Oct. 4 2009 @ 8:32AM
Lylith says:
I'm not sure which is worse, the kid's crime spree or the terrible grammar, run-on sentences and spelling of Damon Agnos. Seriously, Damon, this reads like a bad blog post by a 14 year old.
Posted On: Sunday, Oct. 4 2009 @ 10:43AM
mumblyj says:
this guys the coolest thing to happen in the nw since DB Cooper, give em hell colt.
Nick, Bham
Posted On: Monday, Oct. 5 2009 @ 1:15PM