Written by Peter Sachs

Law enforcement officials believe an 18-year-old serial burglar stole his third plane last week, breaking into an Idaho hangar to snag a 2005 Cessna Skylane.
Law enforcement officials believe an 18-year-old serial burglar stole his third plane last week, breaking into an Idaho hangar to snag a 2005 Cessna Skylane. Colton Harris-Moore fled a juvenile detention facility 18 months ago and has been a fugitive ever since, the Seattle Times reported. Harris-Moore never had flight training but officials think he may have picked up the basics from reading books and Internet sites. In November 2008, a plane from Orcas Island, in Puget Sound, went missing and turned up damaged after a hard landing in eastern Washington. Then last month, a plane stolen from one island in Puget Sound was found on Orcas Island, also following a hard landing. From there, officials believe Harris-Moore fled to Canada, stole a car, drove east and ditched it before walking into Idaho. They say he stole another car in Idaho to take him to Bonners Ferry, in the far northern part of the state. An abandoned car was found there last week following the theft of the Skylane. A logger in the Cascade Mountains northeast of Seattle found the same Skylane crashed in a clearing last week, but there was no one nearby. Officials do not know where Harris-Moore is, and he has not been charged with a crime in connection with the most recent incidents.