Barefoot Bandit caught!

[Rocky]

For two years he stayed a step ahead of the law — stealing cars, powerboats and even airplanes, police say, while building a reputation as a 21st-century folk hero. On Sunday, Colton Harris-Moore's celebrity became his downfall.

Witnesses on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera recognized the 19-year-old dubbed the "Barefoot Bandit" and called police, who captured him after a high-speed boat chase, Bahamas Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said at a celebratory news conference in Nassau, the capital.

Greenslade said shots were fired during the water chase but he did not say who fired them. He also said Harris-Moore was carrying a handgun that he tried to throw away.

Another senior police official, however, said police fired to disable the motor on the suspect's stolen boat, and that Harris-Moore threw his gun in the water. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case, also said that police recovered a laptop and a GPS locator from the suspect.

Police flew Harris-Moore in shackles to Nassau. True to his nickname, the teen with close-shorn hair was shoeless as he walked off the plane wearing short camouflage cargo pants, a white long-sleeved shirt and a bulletproof vest.

Harris-Moore is blamed for several thefts in the Bahamas in the week since allegedly crash-landing a stolen plane there, and Bahamian authorities said he will be prosecuted for those crimes before the start of any U.S. extradition proceedings.

The 6-foot-5-inch Harris-Moore had been on the run since escaping from a Washington state halfway house in 2008. He is accused of breaking into dozens of homes and committing burglaries across Washington, as well as in British Columbia and Idaho.

There's more about it here if you want to read:

'Barefoot Bandit' caught after Bahamas chase - World news - Americas - msnbc.com

Haha, looks like the kid finally got caught for his shenanigans, but despite all the laws that he willingly broke and the stuff that he did, I admit the kid is quite ballsy for hijacking a small plane and crash landing into the bahamas, lol.

Anyways for those who don't know, this kid grew up and had a rough life in some part of rural Washington, then since age 17, (aka two years ago) the "barefoot bandit" has been on the run ever since, breaking into houses, stealing cars, boats and even planes to get across to wherever he wants to be. He ended up getting caught out in the Bahamas after living there for a week, in which he attempted to boat over to Cuba and hang low for awhile.

After looking at winterborn's thread, is something like this a good event for us to put all of our attention towards? Like, this kid is now something of a legend, celebrity status even. I mean yeah, he's pulled some pretty respectable stunts, and it takes courage to steal a plane without even knowing how to drive one I'll give him that, but is this kid something that we should be idolizing or putting in the spotlight? It seems like we're giving him (and his family for that matter) the attention that they've been wanting. Anyway, thoughts?