Early yesterday morning our most infamous island resident, Colton Harris-Moore, who's now become a national, even international celebrity was captured on an island in the Bahamas, of all places, leaving a trail of stolen money, cars, planes & boats. I can't help but believe he somehow wanted to be caught. Why else would he have picked a tiny island, where his 6' 5" frame stuck out like a sore thumb, & then brazenly break into businesses not seeming to care whether security cameras recorded him or not.
There are TV satellite trucks all over our island and reporters are looking for any smidgeon of gossip that would make a good story. Apparently they're hanging out in droves on the road near the mother's house as well as a small grocery store he once robbed, interviewing anybody who will talk to them. Thank goodness Colton's stomping ground is at the southern end of the island & nowhere near us, although I have half a mind to drive down just to see the circus.
Many residents would love to be able to see him prosecuted here, but he faces so many charges from other states, & now another country, that it will undoubtedly be years before he comes before the Island County court system. Our sheriff may face a difficult re-election when his term ends since his office has received numerous complaints & grumbling regarding their failure to catch him when he was still here. He plundered houses here for 2 years before he moved on to other hunting grounds & it's hard not to want to put the blame somewhere. The trouble is, the island still has extensive wooded areas where he was known to hole up, so the task wasn't easy. In one letter to the local newspaper a resident expressed his bitterness at having to install a security system after having been burglarized several times by Colton. I doubt that community meetings held by the sheriff has done anything to improve people's attitude toward island law enforcement.
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