"Barefoot Bandit" Receives Federal Prison Sentence SEATTLE - Colton Harris-Moore, the former fugitive known as the Barefoot Bandit, was sentenced in federal court here on Friday to six and a half years in prison, completing a legal odyssey that mirrored his two-year, cross-country crime spree. Mr. Harris-Moore, who stole boats, planes, guns, cash and more than a few frozen pizzas, first as a troubled preteenager and then as a wanted fugitive who hopscotched all the way to the Bahamas in 2010, had already been sentenced last month to seven years and three months on 33 charges in state court. He had pleaded guilty to the charges in both courts. His case has been prominent for the spectacle of his crimes (he taught himself to fly, always stayed a step ahead of sheriff's deputies and, of course, flaunted those bare feet) but also for the details that have emerged of his impoverished, abusive childhood on Camano Island, north of Seattle. His lawyers have filed documents describing him as suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome. While his childhood struggles were a focus at his state sentencing, his appearance in federal court on Friday dwelled more on his way with words. Judge Richard A. Jones of United States District Court - referring to a letter that Mr. Harris-Moore, now 20, wrote seeking lenience in his sentencing - said that the defendant wrote as well as someone with "a masters in journalism," a fact the judge said might seem in conflict with Mr. Harris-Moore's limited education. Lawyers for Mr. Harris-Moore insisted he wrote "every word," and prosecutors, who had reviewed hundreds of his e-mails, said they believed that he had. The e-mails became an issue in the federal sentencing. Prosecutors cited comments Mr. Harris-Moore had made in e-mails and in recorded phone calls from prison that suggested he was not as contrite as he had appeared to be in court. Mr. Harris-Moore referred to police as "swine," the news media as "vermin." Speaking of his relatively lenient state sentence, he told a friend, "Once again, I made it through a situation I shouldn't have." The state and federal sentences will run concurrently. Although there remains some question about how the time Mr. Harris-Moore has already served will be credited, he could be free in less than five years. At that point, odds are he will be able to download the movie version of his crimes. The film rights have been sold for $1.2 million. Lance Rosen, a lawyer helping negotiate those rights, said that Dustin Lance Black, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for "Milk," had completed a first draft of a screenplay. "The story is still unfolding," said John Henry Browne, a lawyer for Mr. Harris-Moore, after the hearing. As part of his sentence, Mr. Harris-Moore cannot benefit financially from the sale, but on Friday his lawyers seemed to appreciate the narrative he was driving. Earlier, in court, Mr. Brown introduced his client, who he noted would be speaking on his own behalf "for the first time ever." Asked by Judge Jones what he would say to young people who might admire him, Mr. Harris-Moore, who in an e-mail had described his self-taught flying skills as "amazing," said, "I am lucky to be alive, absolutely lucky. In fact, I shouldn't be alive today. I should have died years ago. I would say that the things I did, which some might think as perhaps cool, were extremely dangerous and terrifying. He advised young people to "focus on their education, which is exactly what I'm doing right now."