The alleged “Barefoot Bandit” will be charged with illegal weapons possession and other crimes in the Bahamas following his weeklong run from authorities in the island chain, the Bahamian police commissioner told the Associated Press Monday.
Harris-Moore, who had been on the run since escaping from a Washington state halfway house in 2008, is accused of breaking into dozens of homes and committing burglaries across Washington, as well as in British Columbia and Idaho. He is also suspected of stealing at least five planes — including the aircraft he allegedly lifted in Indiana and flew more than 1,000 miles to the Bahamas — despite a lack of formal flight training. Read the full AP story here.
