‘Barefoot Burglar’ Seeking New Nickname?

By Jeff Cagle on October 8th, 2009

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You know you’re hitting the big time in the law enforcement community when your illegal exploits have earned you a nickname — and a Facebook fan page with more than 2,500 members. Such is the case with Colton Harris-Moore, who has been dubbed the “Barefoot Burglar” by police in Washington state. Dude is only 18, but since the age of 12, Moore has been accused of burglarizing schools and homes, and has done time in juvie for it along the way. He earned his nickname by his apparent preference to do his business sans footwear.

Now I’ve heard of some lame nicknames before — I’m from Chicago afterall, home to the likes of the recent “Cross Dressing Bandit,” “Scarecrow Bandit” and “Orange Glove Bandit,” among others — but “Barefoot Burglar” is pretty weak for as crafty as Moore apparently is. He apparently has spent his teens breaking into homes in Washington’s coastal island vacation communities, where he would break into homes or cars and copy down numbers off credit cards, but leave them behind so the crime would be undetected. Then he would ring up thousands of dollars in charges for video games, GPS units and police scanners. He also supposedly has a knack for surviving in the wilderness between jobs and might even live in the trees. Talk about some Lord of the Flies shit.

As if stealing from homes somewhat undetected was getting boring, or he is just getting sick of his nickname, Moore now stands accused of stealing and crashing three (!!!) airplanes around the Pacific Northwest. While experts told CNN that it’s difficult to teach yourself how to fly, it’s not impossible. And now the police are getting all CSI-like and testing vomit found in one of the aircraft to see if they can place Moore in the cockpit.

So what do you think, is the Barefoot Bandit trying to become the “Flyboy Bandit”? What would be a good cheesy nickname?

(Photo Via: Island County Sheriff Department)