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Bahamian Police Searching For "Barefoot Bandit"

Last updated on Wednesday, July 7, 2010

(UNDATED) - Bahamian police are now searching for 19-year-old Colton Harris-Moore, aka the “barefoot bandit.”

Harris-Moore is suspected of hundreds of burglaries, including stealing at least 4 planes.

Police think he could possibly responsible for stealing a plane from the Monroe County, Indiana Airport on July 4th and flying it to the Bahamas.

The plane was found crash-landed off the Bahamian Island of Abaco.

Just hours after the plane was found, a nearby home was burglarized and a car parked close to the home was stolen.

He is wanted in Washington and Nebraska.

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