Colton Harris-Moore requests end to probation

Joe Teehan

KGMIAP Photo/Ted S. WarrenIn this Dec. 16, 2011 file photo, Colton Harris-Moore, also known as the "Barefoot Bandit," glances at the courtroom gallery as he walks to the defense table, in Island County Superior Court, in Coupeville, Wash. Harris-Moore is scheduled to be sentenced Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in a U.S. federal court for his two-year international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts.

5-6-2019

SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — The “Barefoot Bandit” wants to become a motivational speaker.

Colton Harris-Moore asked a U.S. District Court judge in April to end his probation four months early so he can embark on the new career.

Harris-Moore is on probation following the seven year sentence he received in 2012 for a series of crimes he committed in northwest Washington and across the nation while homeless and often barefoot.

He began the crime spree after escaping from a Renton juvenile halfway house in 2008.

He was ultimately captured after crash-landing a plane that he stole in Indiana and flew to the Bahamas.

The U.S. Attorney says his probation doesn’t prevent him from traveling to speaking engagements.