A serial burglar nicknamed the “Barefoot Bandit” was sentenced in Seattle to six-and-a-half years in prison for charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a sometimes-shoeless teenage runaway.

A youthful thief who rocketed to international notoriety as the “Barefoot Bandit” while he evaded police during a two-year crime spree has been sentenced to more than seven years in state prison after pleading guilty to dozens of charges.