'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to further 6 1/2 yrs in prison for committing slew of crimes

Washington, Jan 28(ANI): A US man dubbed the 'Barefoot Bandit' has been sentenced to a further six and a half years in prison for committing a series of crimes across the country.

Colton Harris-Moore has also been sentenced to three- year probation.

The judgement follows an earlier state court ruling, which had sentenced him to over seven years in jail. He will serve the sentences concurrently, Sky News reports.

A US Attorney administration official Emily Langlie confirmed that Harris-Moore's prison sentence spanned over 78 months besides three years of supervised release.

Harris-Moore, whose nickname is due to the discovery of bare footprints at his crime scenes pleaded guilty to charges of bank robbery, stealing an aircraft, flying a plane without a license and stealing a boat as a teenager

Harris-Moore was arrested in July 2010 in the Bahamas after the US police found the wreckage of a stolen plane they believe he flew to the archipelago. (ANI)