Harris-Moore, who earned his nickname of "Barefoot Bandit" because he left his footprints at the scenes of his crimes, many on Camano Island, has been serving a seven-year prison sentence since 2012 when he was 19. But his defense attorney, John Henry Browne, said that Harris-Moore has served enough time that he could be set free from prison.

 Browne told , "They don't tell you in advance. They just come to your cell and say pack your things, you are out of here."

Browne says of Harris-Moore, adding his client is being mentored by a "fantastic" Boeing engineer that "He's matured a lot,"

After committing several crimes across northern Washington, Harris-Moore somehow, without any training, stole and piloted aircraft across the country. He crashed one outside of Granite Falls, and walked away. Eventually he stole cars to drive across country, committing similar theft-type crimes along the way, until he stole another plane in Indiana and flew to the Bahamas. There, he was arrested after a wild boat chase.

Harris-Moore's story was that of a broken childhood. In and out of trouble, diagnosed with several psychiatric disorders, he made his break for freedom while serving a 3 year sentence in a halfway house in south King County while he was punished for stealing a camcorder. From there, the teen lived in the wild. And those footprints the only signs of the Barefoot Bandit.

Browne called him, "A walking miracle”. And when he will be freed fropm jail, he has a place to live, and a job.

Browne said, "He's ahead of the game than most released" .

By Prakriti Neogi