Video: “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore Runs From Cops in the Bahamas

Early on a dark Caribbean morning, on a sandbar just off Harbor Island, one of the great fugitive chases in American history came to a gunshot-punctuated end. Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit" famous for fleeing a Washington halfway house and hijacking Cesnas, surrendered to police officers after they riddled his...
Carbonatix Pre-Player Loader

Audio By Carbonatix

Early on a dark Caribbean morning, on a sandbar just off Harbor Island, one of the great fugitive chases in American history came to a gunshot-punctuated end.

Colton Harris-Moore, the “Barefoot Bandit” famous for fleeing a Washington halfway house and hijacking Cesnas, surrendered to police officers after they riddled his stolen speedboat’s engines with bullets and stranded him in the water.

Harris-Moore was then flown to Miami to face charges, but what exactly happened in the Bahamas? The Bandit’s hometown Seattle Times answers some questions in a new story — and provides video of Harris-Moore sprinting from police on a Bahamanian dock.

GET MORE COVERAGE LIKE THIS

Sign up for the This Week’s Top Stories newsletter to get the latest stories delivered to your inbox

Loading latest posts...