Rumblings in the Northwest (3#) -

Washington State's alleged Barefoot Bandit has pleaded not guilty to a new charge involving the burglary of an ATM bank machine, while his lawyer, John Henry Browne, is in the process of forging an overall plea deal with the Feds.

The resolution of the deal has been complicated by issues related to Colton Harris-Moore's forfeiture of his intellectual property rights to his own life story. Although he still seems to have the FA right to tell his story, the Feds were stipulating that any financial proceeds flowing from it should be relinquished for purposes of restitution.

Now, however, some of these
issues may have become more complex:

"The question of whether Harris-Moore can sell his story to help pay restitution, now calculated at about $1.4 million, is unresolved, Browne said."

Elsewhere in Washington State, the Barefoot Bandit story is set against a backdrop of Anarchist activism in the Pacific Northwest, making the Feds seem wary of the Media turning him into a Celebrity.

The Olympian Newspaper building on Bethel Street and an Olympian photographer’s home were targeted by vandals overnight Wednesday with anarchist graffiti.

"The vandalism is the latest in a string of such incidents at various locations in Olympia. In early May, someone left anarchist graffiti in a rest room at the new City Hall and attempted to pour cement into the toilets. In April, vandals shattered every window at South Sound Bank on Harrison Avenue and left anarchist graffiti, according to Olympia police. In March, anarchists were suspected when unknown people tried to set fire to a back door of the Olympia Police Department’s Harrison Avenue substation."

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