If all this loser has to be proud about in his sorry life is how "great" of a criminal he is, I'd say he's a sorry SOB. There is nothing to be proud about when victimizing others. Besides, if he so great, what is he doing in an orange jump suit locked up in a cage?

He can call law enforcement and prosecutors any name he wishes, at least tonight they'll be going home free citizens.

Bragging about his exploits is one thing, but I don't think his opinion of other people is relevant at all. Lots of LEOs actually ARE bozos.

Who was the intended recipient? These sound more like intercepted/leaked communications than direct taunting. At any rate, remember how riled Americans were that Amanda Knox 'insulted' Italian police? And they wanted to pile on?

So the kid made inflated statements - there are too many real criminals to be concerned with than to worry about this guy's opinions.

Same Lame; That was a pretty childish statement. No need to attack me because our opinions differ. Let's say we save the viciousness for someone who has personally came after you. Eh?

Say what you want about law enforcement but to be locked in a monkey cage while taunting the very ones who beat him at his game, seems pretty ridiculous if not, funny.

No doubt there are criminal elements among law enforcement but to stereotype every single member as being horrible people is pretty short sighted. There are many vicious criminals off the streets today because of them.

Yes, I have had a member of my family gunned down by the police....he was all of 35 years old. The justification is still pending as we speak but I'm still not painting the entire justice system with the same brush.

Am I "attacking you" any more than you "attacked" Colton Harris Moore. I wonder if you have much love for you family member who was gunned down. Just because someone is related to you doesn't mean you like or care for them. As far as I know you hated the person and think they had it coming. And personally how could you not be filled with outrage that this kid who broke some rich kids toys is more of a priority than your family member who's killer I'm sure is walking around on paid leave and will most likely get nothing more that black mark on the work record.

Gunned down? You don't cite the facts in that case. Let me guess? Committing a crime and stopped for it? Another tired excuse. In any case, it has zero reverence here. This kid was a POS criminal. Nothing more.

HUH? Where the heck are you getting all of this? Uh never mind. I don't even want to know. Rock on with your knowledge.

Right, R. Scalzo, I didn't cite facts because it does have zero reverence here. Luckily for us, we have you to fill in the facts from where ever you pulled them from.

He's a loser woody. He'll die at 28 after a meth explosion in a trailer, as a Darwin Award winner.

Carolyn

Didn't you know Scalzo knows everything about everything? He knows more than the prosecutors, the probation department and the judge. Why, he even knows why your relative was shot by the police without knowing what police, who your relative was, where it was or anything else about the shooting. All he has to know is that the police were involved and everyone else is wrong.

Do you think Scalzo knows how blameless the police are in every circumstance because he IS the police? I don't know if he's active duty. but I remember a post a few months back where he revealed he was a cop. Puts his venomous, vindictive and presumptuous posts in perspective, doesn't it?

+1 David. Good call.

Yes, David, good call. Cheers.

Yes Carolyn, the reason the LEO get to go home free citizens is because most of them have tapped into the network of having other LEO lie and cover for them. If I had to chose between a drug dealing gang member and a cop I'd chose the gang member. At least I know where the gang member stands.

Yep, all police officers aren't bad but there are enough bad one to not know whom to trust. I had one today pass me with lights flashing making everyone pull off for him only to see him pull in front of a food story, go inside, buy something, then leave. Real emergency all right.

As far as the prisoner emailing about his opinion of the law is concern, he is entitled to his opinion. Even though he is guilty of a crime his freedom of speech is still protected by the Constitution since it's not a crime to tell someone else your opinion of law officials. What did they expect him to say....how great thou art?

He looks alot like the other psycho nutbag of recent vintage, Van Der Sloot. . . .

The eyes are the window to a very disturbed soul ..

I wonder when "alot" will become an actual word? Probably about the same time "alittle" does, I suppose.

I, for one, in awe of this kid's balls. Regardless of what many here say, they secretly wish they had half his gumption.

Whatever your opinion, you have to admire his ability to self-teach flying and, more importantly navigating, from Indiana to the Bahamas. So his landings and fuel management could use a little work, oh well :).

And before you flame me, yes I do know what I'm talking about, I'm a pilot.

Any idiot can learn to get a small aircraft airborne. I have had first time fliers take off and navigate in my Cessna. Not a big deal. FL to the Bahamas??? WoW. Sixty miles or so following a VOR. Landing is the difficult part.

Yes, any idiot can get a plane airborne. R. Scalzo is living proof.

Hey Scalzo,

Were you teaching anyone in fall of 2001? They didn't need to know how to land.

Scalzo - he flew from Indiana to the Bahamas, not from Florida. As for his landing skills...he crash-landed and walked away every time. Maybe JM can expand on this a little, but I assume a controlled crash landing takes a little more skill than just pointing the nose down and hoping for the best.

True he had courage to do some things. Fuel management: not sure he had the capacity ($$$) to stop and purchase fuel. I can imagine airports would have been on alert for this stolen plane. "Hey, this a Barefoot flight 001 requesting clearance to land for refueling." I guess he had to use VFR, maybe using major roads. IFR was part two of the course, which he will complete when he is released. It would be nice if he could harness his enthusiasm in positive and productive endeavors.

i'll bet his skills didn't impress the planes owner or the insurance company that payed for the plane. ya wanna be a flyer, rent or buy one on your own dime.

to focus on his skills as if no one was harmed or hurt financially is just plain wrong.

Ed, I did expand a little in posts #15.1 and #15.3. Enjoy.

Ed, regarding crash landing (and assuming that he did because the "big fan upfront" stopped making noises), crash landing would entail trimming the aircraft and setting your flaps to extend your glide path such that you will give yourself ample time to identify a suitable area to put down AND doing so at the right attitude AND at the lowest speed possible (hopefully just above stall speed).

Done right, you would also want to shut off your fuel valve, set your transponder to the emergency sqwak code (7700, I think the G1000 defaults either to the last code or 1200 which = Visual Flight Rules), setting your radio to 121.5 and calling out mayday, unlocking and cracking your doors (in case the fuselage crumples this minimizes the chance that your door will jam). There may be a few other things I'm forgetting, but it's moot since I doubt this young man did any of these things. Lastly you would want to pray to your favorite diety and kiss your a$$ goodbye just in case :).

Any idiot can learn to get a small aircraft airborne. I have had first time fliers take off and navigate in my Cessna. Not a big deal. FL to the Bahamas??? WoW. Sixty miles or so following a VOR. Landing is the difficult part.

I agree with the part that says landing is the difficult part, especially on a glass airplane (very fast and slippery and with a high stall speed). On everything else, I have to call bulls#!t for the following reasons:

1) maybe if your cessna is a 150, it MAY be feasible. On a Cessna 400 (whose engine is probably 300HP), you would need MASSIVE right rudder input to even make the plane go straight down the runway, not to mention even more right rudder once you're in a takeoff attitude (high alpha angle of attack) to offset the prop's P-factor and the engine's torque.

2) an untrained flier wouln't know what a VOR is if it bit them in the a$$. Let alone find the frequency on the chart, tune your nav radio to that frequency, set your RMI indicator to the right inbound radial, and do all of these things on a G1000.

You forgot

Bend at the knees in the shower!

He may be intelligent, but he lacks ethics and morals. I think the emails give a glimpse of his character, which to me show a definite lack of remorse

Calvin- agreed. He's 20- weren't we ALL invincible at 20? I don't understand how he emails in prison though. I do agree he is intelligent. With guidance he could and still can contribute something valuable. Too bad parents didn't do a better job with him.

Bout as arrogant as the Wall Streeters and greed filled politicians who ruined our economy and walked away scott free and filthy rich.

Or as arrogant as people who read a couple of paragraphs in Newsvine and suddenly can out-guess police, prosecutors, the probation department and the judge. They know better than the people who have read hour upon hour of police reports and testimony.

But somehow, they have the real truth

This kid's arrogance doesn't touch the average newsvine contributor.

At least this kid didn't name himself 'absolutelyright'.

Hey David- what's with the personal attack already!? Wow, got a major cob up our arse don't we? Since your from the SF Bay area that shouldn't bother you so much now should it thweetie? :)

absolutelyright - obviously a true, clueless homophobe.

Sigh,

I didn't attack you, though now I wish I had. I was just pointing out the irony of someone named 'absolutelyright' talking about someone elses arrogance. You don't see that? Duh!

I guess you aren't following the thread very well, as I've already covered it on this particular page, but since you seem very prone to picking and choosing in your reading, let me explain it again, just for you. (now that level of sarcasm is a personal attack, not your name stuff, but, or should I say butt, your insinuations mean they'll have to suspend both of us.)

For people like you, who seem geographically challenged, I live in the SF Bay area. So I could be anywhere in more than half a dozen major cities or scores of smaller communities. Deserved or not, the homophobia you demonstrate is more properly aimed at San Francisco proper. So the odds that I actually lived in SF were against you, and as usually happens, you are wrong. I live in the East Bay.

You make fun of us for our intellectuals at Berkeley. I can live with that.

Down the road a little way is Oakland, probably best known for its murders. Even if you ignore that, I wish you good luck with that 'thweetie' on the docks of the Port of Oakland. The dock workers will give you a lesson in homophobia.

Beyond all of that, is the fact that I moved here for the weather. I'm born and bred Ohio. Good 'ol Midwestern work ethic and all that.

If you can't take the heat for an arrogant name, then keep that corn cob up your own ass, as you clearly are really bad at making assumptions here

PS while posting this i saw why you thought I was attacking you. I didn't mean you, just posters in general... but if the shoe fits.

*yawn

Yes, you did attack me because you feel threatened by this online name which could have many meanings. Those who see it as my being 'arrogant' (as you did) are usually the hyperactive, in-need-of-anger-management types who are out seeking an argument in order to 'win' something. They tend to argue endlessly, jumping up & down like little chihuahuas until they get their way (so they think).

Let's return to my original comment: I stated "Arrogant little *expletive isn't he? Really, I was surprised anyone commented on this! But here ya are! And then you proceeded to divert attention away from a simple comment to attack my online name... why? Reread the explanation above again. Think about it then look in the mirror and ponder why you had the need to make such a response. You see, it's really your problem in the end.

Absolutelyright.

I'd make fun of your answer, but since you were yawning, I can only assume it was so stupid because you were half asleep.

If you could try to stop channeling Dr. Phil for five seconds, you would see that to crack wise about someone named absolutelyright calling someone else arrogant is at the very least, mildly amusing. Maybe not worth all this, but at least mildly amusing.

As opposed to spending hours and hours trying to figure out why you named yourself something that stupid, I really couldn't give a flying f--K and never thought twice about it, then or now. Can you realize for a moment that YOU are the only one who thinks you are the center of the universe and worthy of that amount of thought.

In fact, I happen to agree with you. I think he is an arrogant little snot too, and I have no trouble with why you would be surprised that anyone would argue with you. When someone actually does, be sure to let me know. I was pointing out the juxtaposition of ANYONE named 'absolutelyright' commenting on the arrogance of ANYONE. No more, no less.

But you get your panties all in a knot with some stupid psychobabble where you claim you know my motives better than I do. Now THAT'S twenty-pound-balls arrogant. I think you are one arrogant SOB and it doesn't have anything at all to do with your name!

"Threatened by an online name"? Did you read that s--t before you hit the 'post' button? What? it is going to sneak in my bed at night and be right all over me? That has to be the most nonsensical thing I've ever read here and I've read some doozies.

I have a suggestion. Next time you have these grandiose fantasies about your screen name's superpowers, keep it to yourself so you don't look like as big a fool as you just did.

"Chihuahuas"? Really? Ha ha ha Have you thought about asking Dr Phil to adjust your meds? What kind of idiot turns a simple pun on a name into a psychodrama?

In the end, I'm not anywhere near you and so I don't have any problems.

Thanks for all the laughs though.

PS So i guess by your psychobabble I can infer that you are "threatened by where I live" even though you clearly have no idea where that is.

By the way, have you done any more work on that speech impediment, 'thweetie"?

The funny part is I didn't read your above posts/responses. I saw a couple of words but they're so long... really! Just a waste of my time. But thanks- you did just underscore that I am right (absolutely)- you just had to have the final word. Feel better? I doubt it- that ego of yours is so supersized you'll just have to come back and respond again. But I won't be back to read it as I, for one, have a life. Have a nice day thweetie!

Right, (absolutely) right.

Tips for more convincing posts in the future:

The cardinal rule for ignoring posts is to ignore the post

I would ask if you really think you fooled anyone, but I know you think you did! You've already demonstrated your capacities. If you hadn't read my post, why would you feel the need to respond? I know you're in love with your own voice, but that takes it beyond credibility (a place you seem comfortable in).

I can't say I blame you. If someone had pointed out what a fool I had presented myself to be, that effectively, I would pretend to ignore it too, only I would do that by ignoring it. I guess that was too hard for you.

Screen names with superpowers, how do you come back from that? ha ha ha

Great! Get back to your life. Even a flawed, tragic life is a life, even if that life consists of posting elsewhere where you haven't made a fool of yourself, YET.

Screen name superpowers, I'm going to be laughing about that one for a long time.

Thanks again

Spot on.

This parasite made himself a public figure by stealing from others, so his correspondence while in jail is fair game. Only 20 years old? I guess most of us have higher standards than an "Irish traveler" for adults and for themselves. My guess is you are parasitic dirt-bag also. Steal from me, and you'll WISH you got off as lightly as this low-life. Go ahead, try. Make my day.

He SENT the emails. Guess he's that stupid not knowing they were now public. Hopefully the Federal sentencing will add another twenty on to his sentence.

He's a clueless little loser that should be the poster child for abortion.

So many internet tough guys on here.

To be honest, whats more shocking is that some of these responses seem to value money over a human life. Goes to show what kind of world we're coming to.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

Well said Cirnobyl

R. Scalzo thinks that twenty years is an appropriate sentence for sending an email that hurts the feelings of a police force that seems to be just finding out that criminals don't like them. So for breaking this Earth shattering news to them, he thinks twenty years is right.

I hope he runs a stop sign and they give him life, after all, that could actually hurt someone.

R. Scalzo: He SENT the emails. Guess he's that stupid not knowing they were now public. Hopefully the Federal sentencing will add another twenty on to his sentence.

You didn't read the article, did you?

If you had, you would have known this was a silly thing to post.

armchair QBS the lot of you....how many of you were involved with the case?

He really doesn't have much to be proud of in the fact that he made Seattle PD look like fools. They pretty much do a good job of that without his help. BTDT.

20??? Kids younger than this are defending this country and showing a level of maturity this loser could never dream of in his miserable life.

Too bad mom was a loser. That excuse is getting old and no one cares. how many protecting him would welcome him with open arms when he broke into their home?

Few. Most would be telling everyone how they would get out one of their guns and take him out.

MAN? He just punk kid needs to have his ass kicked.

I think he sounds like a real go-getter.

Well, seeing as most inmates have a poor opinion of authority figures, I suspect he'll be a regular celebrity while inside.

May what harms you wish upon others be revisited upon yourself threefold.

They're all dumb kids.

That's why the army goes after the young. Who else is dumb enough to get shot at for the oil companies for crappy money?

Don't get me wrong. I have nothing but respect fot these kids. They are brave and the lie they bought isn't their fault.

Who among us remembers their twenties as the period when they made their best judgements?

Leave it to someone from California to think the best Army recruits should be found in nursing homes.

In fact your facts are totally without merit. Many of the Reserves are far from kids.

And how many of those reservists signed up yesterday?

Just the kind of argument I would expect from someone who thinks they have 'special knowledge' about someone because of where they live.

Funny about this country, people move around. I'm older, thinner skinned and I live here for the weather. I'm actually a corn-fed, old world sensibilities, Ohio Boy.

So much for your great powers of insight. Next time try not to show what a presumptious idiot you are in the first sentance.

Spoken like someone who has never touched a yoke (that's the steering wheel thingie on the panel of most GA light aircraft).

Navigating from Indiana to the Bahamas is no small feat. Additionally, the Cessna 400 which he flew to the Bahamas is a glass-cockpit (similar to most commercial light jets), variable pitch propeller (meaning you have to manage manifold pressure and propeller pitch to achieve the optimal flight regimen), 200+ knot airplane. Not exactly your average trainer.

So no dude, "any idiot" can not just fly this plane. If I remember correctly he figured out how to fly the plane by reading the manuals and watching a how-to DVD. I would say, regardless of what you think of this kid, he's fairly intelligent, resourceful. and ballsy. I wish him well. Hopefully he'll channel his obvious talents for good things in the future. I certainly hope he cashes in on his exploits (a la Catch Me If You Can).

By the way, in case you are wondering, I know these things because I am a pilot. I would invite you to do some research before you shoot your mouth off. He may not be the smartest in the room, but he has definitely proven he is smarter than some newsvine posters. You know who you are.

found crashed in the shoreline waters of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas

Sounds like a really great pilot. No doubt the owner of the 400 wouldn't agree with you as they probably lost thousands on the lose. Quite frankly the G1000 system is easier to learn than the older analog instrument panels in almost every light aircraft.

As he probably did a point a to b flight, his feat was decent but far from amazing considering on 9/11 four terrorists managed to navigate and fly jet transport type aircraft.

Three points:

1) I would bet dollars to donuts that the owner of the 400 had several hundred thousand dollars of hull insurance. Now, being an aircraft owner myself, I do agree that losing his plane was not cool. I'm also sure he got his replacement value. Also, given that the 400 is probably 1/2 million dollars (guesstimate), I'm sure the owner is probably well off, so honestly who gives a s#!t. This is a great story.

2) I'm certified on the G1000, and although easier than "steam-gauges", you still have to know what you are doing to manage the GPS, engine instruments, comm, airspeed and altimeter, etc. Granted, I doubt that he availed himself of all the G1000 has to offer, but it's a little (a lot) naive to say that "any idiot" can figure it out.

3) The 9/11 a$$h0les weren't very good at landing either and they actually attended flight training. So again, for a kid who read the manuals and watched a video it ain't bad. Also, my assumption is that he crashed due to fuel starvation. Indiana to the Bahamas is about 900nm, the 400's range is roughly 1100nm on full tanks. Given a rookie pilot with less than optimal training in fuel management, prop settings, less that ideal altitude holding, questionable navigation, etc. my bet is that he ran out of fuel. The fact that he walked away, is also no small feat. I've known experienced pilots who've bought the farm during crash landings.

He's arrogant scum and the investment bankers who crumbled our economy aren't? If you are poor and steal from the rich you are the worst of society but if your rich and rip off the poor somehow that's OK? Man the "job creators" sure have their peasants brainwashed well and good. I wonder how many of you that have such vitriol toward this young man who did nothing personally to you have had your 401k's raped so a select few could get even richer? Your all such a joke and the rich know it.

George,

Shouldn't you rename yourself WychHunter? Is your blood lust really that strong? Are you such a paragon of virtue that you think losing nearly ten years of your life in your 20's, years that you'll never see again, is some sort of hand slap? Were your 20's that boring?

By your own math, you are saying that your sense of vengeance is more important than restitution to his victims. Instead of the relief that Hollywood millions can bring to these people, you think 'justice' is better served by pushing the victims aside in your quest for vengeance. I wonder if you'd feel this way if you were one of the victims?

As he's shown with one of his lawyers!!! He has more than one? Tough life.

He'll be richer than you in 20 years I bet.

I bet he already is.

You mean determined to be not particularly intelligent by the people who he made fools of for so long? If he's not particularly intelligent what does that make of the intelligence of those who couldn't catch him? Last time I checked it wasn't US law enforcement that caught him. I'm pretty sure it was 3rd world police in the Bahamas. I also live in Washington and the areas he burglarized are all well off. You don't live in the San Juans unless your rich or run businesses that cater to the rich.

I mean he was found in standardized testing to be of average intelligence. Obviously he has above-average cajones. As for his only victimizing the rich...that's just not true. His crimes affected many types of people - yes, wealthy airplane and vacation home owners, but also working folks and small business owners. He never physically hurt anyone, though, so I'm not saying anyone should lock him up and throw away the key. He's a thief and should be punished like one, no more and no less.

So to you average intelligence means not particularly intelligent. Wonder where you rank on the scale? Yes small business owners that cater to the rich and charge jacked up prices. I've been to San Juan, Orcas, and Lopez Islands. If the rich didn't make it their playland there wouldn't be anybody for the small businesses to sell to. I doubt they would make much of a living off the handful of sheep farmers.

Yup sounds like the Republican party.

Yup sounds like the Republican party.

What was that...?

LB,

How empathetic of you

Liars. Incapable of empathy. Do anything to "win" regardless of the effect on others.

Sounds like the Republican party in general to me. That's what that was.

Sounds like the Republican party in general to me. That's what that was.

That was irrelevant is what that was.

Only to those who don't like the comparison.

Agreed!! Total waste of skin and should NOT be let out ever because he will DO IT AGAIN!! You description is spot on! The next time he will really hurt someone and if an example is NOT set now, some other idiot will copy him!

Come on, comparing him to murderers is ridiculous.

Come on. Are you really that shocked at somebody making a politically charged statement here?

I thought it was pretty funny.

Pretty loose use of the term psychopath. Hope you never meet a real one.

No No David

Don't say it! You'll get suspended.

Let's just say it has to do with realityseeker and his relation to psychopaths.

Some Lame Name Here: Absolutely not! Go look it up! He's more fearless and criminal than a sociopath. Definitely capable of murder and probably would have committed murder by now had he not got caught. Thank God he's not smart enough to stay free.

And what evidence do you have that he's "definitley capable of murder" and " probably would have committed murder". Those are pretty strong statements and unless you have something other than your own opinion definitley not based in "reality". I think you need to keep seeking. Pretty big leap from theft to murder. If your right then Wall Street is full of potential psychopathic murderers.

You said it...wall street will murder to keep thier money and power!

Your tax dollars.