"Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years of federal time

SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle has sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.

The "Barefoot Bandit" heads to court Friday morning in Seattle, just days after a memorandum from federal prosecutors detailing emails in which Colton Harris-Moore called prosecutors and police "swine," "fools" and "asses."

Colton Harris-Moore, aka, the Barefoot Bandit, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison Friday.

By Laura L. Myers | SEATTLE (Reuters) – A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a

"Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore ridiculed police and prosecutors in emails and phone calls from prison recently, undercutting his claims that he's sorry for his two-year crime spree, the US attorney's office said in court documents filed Tuesday.