Alleged 'Barefoot Bandit' to face Bahamas judge
By JUAN McCARTNEY (AP) – 1 hour ago
NASSAU, Bahamas — A resourceful teenage fugitive who police have called the "Barefoot Bandit" was being questioned inside a Bahamian jail Monday as he spent his first full day behind bars after an audacious two-year run that gave him near folk hero status.
Colton Harris-Moore was being held inside the two-story Central Detective Unit with access to phone calls and visitors from the U.S. Embassy as well as interrogators. Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said he was being interviewed by investigators but declined to say whether the 19-year-old had made any kind of statement to authorities or what they needed to build any case against him.
Greenslade was complimentary of Harris-Moore despite the weeklong manhunt that ended with police shooting out the outboard engine on a motorboat off Eleuthera island.
"He's very eloquent, obviously a very intelligent young man," Greenslade said.
Harris-Moore was expected to make his first court appearance Tuesday on suspicion of illegal weapons possession as well as a "litany" of other charges stemming from the week he spent in the Bahamas trying to evade police.
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By JUAN McCARTNEY (AP) – 1 hour ago
NASSAU, Bahamas — A resourceful teenage fugitive who police have called the "Barefoot Bandit" was being questioned inside a Bahamian jail Monday as he spent his first full day behind bars after an audacious two-year run that gave him near folk hero status.
Colton Harris-Moore was being held inside the two-story Central Detective Unit with access to phone calls and visitors from the U.S. Embassy as well as interrogators. Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said he was being interviewed by investigators but declined to say whether the 19-year-old had made any kind of statement to authorities or what they needed to build any case against him.
Greenslade was complimentary of Harris-Moore despite the weeklong manhunt that ended with police shooting out the outboard engine on a motorboat off Eleuthera island.
"He's very eloquent, obviously a very intelligent young man," Greenslade said.
Harris-Moore was expected to make his first court appearance Tuesday on suspicion of illegal weapons possession as well as a "litany" of other charges stemming from the week he spent in the Bahamas trying to evade police.
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