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"The barefoot thief" still gives headaches to authorities in Washington

The main suspect in the theft of several planes, a teenager of 18 years, has not even patent flying. This is known as the "thief barefoot" (The Barefoot Burglar) and is even a fan club on Facebook social networking site, where it is compared with Jesse James, the distinction between them as "crimes" notes CNN.

According to police, Colton "Colt" Harris-Moore has committed several crimes in the territory of five countries, from breaking the luxury and different boats, to the theft of small airplanes. Places where they spend their time alternate the empty vacation homes, where everything that can steal, and woods, where police ascude.

Of November of last year, at least three small planes were stolen. The last plane crashed stolen after he ran out of fuel, in Granite Falls, Washington. Forced landing damaged avionult type Cessna 182, worth about $ 500,000. Authorities said the airplane pilot appears to have escaped unharmed.

Harris-Moore was not indicted for any of the aircraft theft, but authorities are testing it was found vomiting in plane crashed in order to have evidence that young person is on that plane when collapsed.

Harris-Moore was the attention of several years. "Corner", as it is nicknamed the thief, was first arrested for theft at age 12 years, said Detective Ed Wallace. Breaking and entering a school district earned Colton weeks in a juvenile detention institution, has said Wallace.

Colt has been arrested 9 times by the age of 15 years, and right now police in 5 regions of Washington State looking for.

Young has left the school during school, and police believe that he spent his spare time robbing vacation homes free of Camano Island, a community of about 15,000 inhabitants. Nickname "thief barefoot" is drawn from the fact that he prefers to commit crimes in bare feet.

Gradually thief went to the crimes of increasingly sophisticated. "Usually when you enter a house or a car that copies data from the cards they find after they leave exactly where they were, so people do not realize they were robbed," said Detective Wallace.

Harvard professor, arrested after he forced his way into his own house, accuses the authorities of racism

Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the leading researchers in the history of African-American, was arrested last Thursday while trying to break his own house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, because the door is locked. After dropped the charges against him Tuesday afternoon, Gates said in an interview to the Washington Post that, after he spent most of his life studying racial issues in the U.S., came to feel that " a case study.

Harvard professor was arrested last Thursday in front of his home, after he tried to force open the door blocking the entrance. The house was owned by Harvard University.

Henry Gates is back home from a trip and was headed by the driver or by front dwelling. After trying to open the door several times, he made it up and tried to force, or the driver helped. After about 15 minutes, the two managed to open the door and the driver left. But in the meantime, a neighbor call the police announcing that two men of color tried breaking into the house above.

According to the police, Gates accused the cops are at the scene of racism, shouting several times: "This is the black men in America" and amenintandu him that the police "do not know who to ask. Police arrived at the residence of Gates to investigate the possible entry by efractie and arrested him on it because the behavior or "undisciplined."

Henry Louis Gates Jr. told in detail how he went to arrest and was shocked by how it has been treated by a police officer. Gates has revealed that the police officer his identification, and admission to Harvard. Then the teacher asked the cop to tell her name and to show a ticket, but that support has been totally ignored. However, the report noted that the police officer presents badge. The officer went on the porch and followed the Gates asking him to urge that they say your name, in which time he was arrested by other cops are in front of the house. It considered that poor people and people of color are vulnerable in front of police who abuse their power and was Anuta that the next research will focus on this topic.

"One million men of color are in prison in this country, and last Thursday I was one of them. It is outrageous to see how black men are treated in our country. It is one thing to write about and that is something else to experience on their skin, "said Gates. In a press release, police in Cambridge called the Gates of retaining an unfortunate and announced waiver of any accusation against him.

Former Sheriff’s Deputy Apologizes Before Sentencing

In legal news from the San Francisco bay area, former Santa Clara Country Sheriff’s deputy James Council apologized in court for the March 9, 2008 accident when he struck and killed two bicyclists.

Council age 28 was in a Santa Clara County Sheriff’s cruiser at the time of the accident, when he struck the two bicycle riders causing fatal personal injury, Matt Peterson age 29 of San Francisco and Kristy Gough age 30 of San Leandro. The former deputy emotionally stated that he takes full responsibility for the accident; a day does not go by that he does not think about Peterson and Gough and that he is truly sorry. By the way if you need a San Francisco personal injury lawyer then this may be a resource to look at.
The two bicyclists were killed after Council reportedly fell asleep while driving the police cruiser in Cupertino last March striking three bikers. The third bicyclist was severely injured. The accident occurred when the Ford Crown Victoria, he was driving on Stevens Canyon Road in Cupertino crossed the center line and striking the three bicyclists. They had been riding with the Third Pillar a San Mateo bicycle racing team and Team Roaring Mouse from San Francisco.