Barefoot Bandit learned to fly from the internet

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Everyone deserves a second chance, but from the screen grabs and the way the Go Fund Me is written, he seems to wear his past like a badge.

[BillyVance 35]

wolfriverjoe

I hope his PO make him give all the donated money to the victims of his crime spree.

He stole and wrecked several planes, among other crimes. While there may have been insurance on those planes, it never covers all of the loss.

I thought he was an obnoxious, arrogant little shit when he was on the run. Nothing here makes me have any different opinion.

Somebody should alert his parole officer.

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[Phil1111 1,149]

BillyVance

***I hope his PO make him give all the donated money to the victims of his crime spree.

He stole and wrecked several planes, among other crimes. While there may have been insurance on those planes, it never covers all of the loss.

I thought he was an obnoxious, arrogant little shit when he was on the run. Nothing here makes me have any different opinion.

Somebody should alert his parole officer.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/barefoot-bandits-dreams-crushed-when-feds-force-stop-to-his-flight-school-fundraiser/

"“Now I am 25 years old, free, and ready to do it (fly) LEGALLY!,” he wrote on his GoFundMe page. “I love airplanes, but I will never steal one or break the law again. I broke the law big league when I was younger, but now it’s time to focus on my career and life in the free world.”

But the effort hardly got off the ground before the federal probation office told Harris-Moore to stop fundraising.

Harris-Moore still owes victims of his crimes about $129,000 in restitution.

“He is not allowed to have a GoFundMe account to fund his wish to go to flying school when the victims aren’t whole,” said Connie Smith, chief U.S. probation and pretrial officer for Western Washington. “The money in that GoFundMe account will need to go to victims.”

Harris-Moore said he had made about $1,600 before he shut down the fundraiser, and announced in a tweet that his “dream has been crushed.”

I feel like my dream has been crushed. What a terrible feeling...
Most of his court-ordered restitution has been paid. In exchange for rights to his story, a Hollywood movie studio coughed up more than $1 million in restitution for Harris-Moore. The money mostly paid for the planes he wrecked...
Harris-Moore said he’d go to great lengths to realize his lofty dream.

“I have the email address of Kellyanne Conway,” he said, referring to President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign manager.

“If it comes to this, I’ll get this taken care of from the top down.”"

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

Phil1111

Harris-Moore said he had made about $1,600 before he shut down the fundraiser, and announced in a tweet that his “dream has been crushed.”

I feel like my dream has been crushed. What a terrible feeling...

I wonder how his feeling of his "dream being crushed" compares to how the owners of the planes he stole and destroyed felt?

I'm all for second chances. I hope he gets a chance to have a dream and pursue it.

But before forgiveness, it would help if he expressed some remorse and made some real effort at amends (selling the rights to his story to Hollywood doesn't really count as "amends" even if the money gets paid).

As I said, he was an arrogant little shit back then and still appears to be one.

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[Phil1111 1,149]

wolfriverjoe

***
Harris-Moore said he had made about $1,600 before he shut down the fundraiser, and announced in a tweet that his “dream has been crushed.”

I feel like my dream has been crushed. What a terrible feeling...

I wonder how his feeling of his "dream being crushed" compares to how the owners of the planes he stole and destroyed felt?

I'm all for second chances. I hope he gets a chance to have a dream and pursue it.

But before forgiveness, it would help if he expressed some remorse and made some real effort at amends (selling the rights to his story to Hollywood doesn't really count as "amends" even if the money gets paid).

As I said, he was an arrogant little shit back then and still appears to be one.

That is exactly how i think about it in every respect. Although i would add he must be a bit of a con man. He's conned John Miller, one of the owners of a AC he stole. This is not "a mistake" IMO he went on a crime spree that involved multiple thefts, multiple crimes. He has not made any personal effort to work and repay the balance of the restitution order.

If he went to work at a FBO as a lineman and had the objective of repayment, then a aviation career it might be different. The $175k would be another con when as mentioned already a guaranteed job as instructor would be $50K. Whats quick, easy and get other to pay for it. Seems to be his MO.