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Colton Harris Moore

December 17, 2011 by · Comments Off on Colton Harris Moore 

Colton Harris Moore, At times, Colton Harris-Moore’s two years on the run were euphoric – the nights of beatific solitude in the woods, the soaring adrenalin rush of his first moments airborne in the cockpit of a stolen plane.
But most other times were far less glamorous: sleeping in portable toilets or culverts as he sought shelter from the elements and the police.

The youthful thief who rocketed to international notoriety as the “Barefoot Bandit” is done with both extremes for the moment. He was sentenced Friday to more than seven years in a Washington state prison after pleading guilty to dozens of charges, including burglary and identity theft, stemming from his crime spree.

Harris-Moore, now 20, showed no reaction as the sentence was delivered by a judge who took pity on his bleak upbringing at the hands of an alcoholic mother and a series of her convict boyfriends – a situation she described as a “mind-numbing absence of hope.”

“This case is a tragedy in many ways, but it’s a triumph of the human spirit in other ways,” Island County Judge Vickie Churchill said. “I could have been reading about the history of a mass murderer. I could have been reading about a drug abusive, alcoholic young man. That is the triumph of Colton Harris-Moore: He has survived.”

Harris-Moore’s daring run from the law earned him international fame and a movie deal to help repay his victims after he flew a stolen plane from Indiana to the Bahamas in July 2010, crash-landed it near a mangrove swamp and was arrested by Bahamian authorities in a hail of bullets.

NCESC

July 11, 2010 by · Comments Off on NCESC 

NCESC:TS-EX- NC Employment Security Commission (NCESC) has canceled the fees had baffled some clients and others to shake their access unemployment benefits via debit card, the agency announced Wednesday, July 7. It was the extra money they had to pay out of pocket.

The Committee said that his contract reworked for cards affiliated with Texas-based Computer Services Inc., which administers the program, and Wells Fargo, negotiations to eliminate fees for everything from the withdrawal of balance inquiries.

“This new contract will have more money available for our customers to meet their daily needs and will help prevent frustrating situations – both holders of debit cards and the staff of CES, which won in the past, dissatisfied customer calls with rate situation, “ESC Chairman Lynn Holmes said in a statement.

According to reports, the fee structure most of the past allowed customers to avoid paying more as the online control of the card balance. Withdrawals were free with a purchase at most merchants that offer cash back operations. But asking about the ATM card balances at a cost of 50 cents and withdraw money from ATMs after two withdrawals per month at a cost of $ 1.50.

Now, after some modifications in favor of the customers have unlimited free withdrawals at ATMs network – over 600 ATMs at Wells Fargo or Wachovia statewide.

This new regime will take effect on 1 September. Customers will receive phone, email or text message alerts when the balance falls below a preset amount. Customers can be notified when deposits are made.

In addition, balance inquiries at ATMs in the network are free and unlimited. Free phone consultations are also compared with 35 cents in the past after the fifth call. Also, customers are now allowed one free replacement card per year, versus $ 5 each in the past.

The new customer service functions are also part of the review of the contract, CES, he said.

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