The now 20-year-old Barefoot Bandit, Colton Harris-Moore — famous for stealing rich people toys like airplanes and boats while shoeless — has reportedly signed a $1.3 million movie deal that includes the young criminal's life rights as part of a plea deal agreed to by federal prosecutors. All of the money will go toward repaying his victims. In a statement obtained by The Herald, the Bandit said:

20-year-old Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit" who became famous for stealing airplanes, boats and other rich people toys while shoeless, has been sitting in jail since his arrest in the Bahamas last July. The Bandit is a prime suspect in over 70 crimes. Originally a plea deal was being hashed out that would give all proceeds from book or movie deals to his victims and their insurance companies. But one of the Bandit's lawyers, John Henry Browne says prosecutors are no longer into the idea. Speaking to the AP, Browne said:

It seems so long ago that America was enthralled with the misadventures of 19-year-old Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit" who became famous for stealing airplanes, boats and cars — many times without wearing any shoes. But the public eventually turned on him, and he was arrested in the Bahamas last summer shortly after ditching a stolen airplane on Great Abaco Island.

The criminal that old people love to hate, Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit," yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges related to his years-long spree of stealing airplanes and boats. And, unsurprisingly, he's now mulling over book and movie deals.

Cunning young criminal Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit" who stole airplanes, boats and credit cards, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Seattle yesterday for "piloting an aircraft without a valid airman's certificate" and many other less fun-sounding crimes.

20-year-old Harley Davidson Ironwing—a known accomplice of "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore—was given an 18-month jail sentence after he knocked over an old man during a botched string cheese heist at a grocery store. That's some luck. [Everett Herald]

One of the greatest fugitives of our time, 19-year-old Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit," has reportedly been arrested in the Bahamas, where he is said to have crash landed a small plane. A two year odyssey has ended. (Updated)

Let's say you were a 19-year-old suspected thief, part-time airplane hijacker and Facebook icon who just tore through the Pacific northwest and the upper midwest. Where do you go next? How about... the Bahamas?

18 year-old Colton Harris-Moore is the infamous "barefoot burglar," a serial crook who roams the Pacific Northwest—sometimes barefoot—stealing planes, cars, boats, everything. A recent plane theft and store robbery suggests Harris Moore's whimsical reign of terror continues.