The American soldier who is accused of murdering 16 Afghan civilians will be tried in the U.S., despite attempts in the victims' homeland to have him face a court in Afghanistan.

Sergeant Robert Bales was flown back to America last weekend and met with his lawyer for the first time on Monday at a military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he remains in pre-trial isolation awaiting charges that may carry the death penalty.

Colton Harris-Moore – the young man best known as the notorious ‘Barefoot Bandit’ – is expected to plead guilty Friday in a Washington State courtroom to dozens of crimes, including stealing planes, boats and cars.

As RadarOnline.com has previously reported, Harris-Moore, 20, crisscrossed the United States during a two-year crime spree that ended only when he flew a stolen plane from Indiana to the Bahamas in July 2010 and crash-landed it near a  swamp. He earned his nickname by committing some of the crimes barefoot and for leaving images of a bare foot etched at some of his crime scenes.

Harris-Moore pleaded guilty in June to a variety of federal charges in connection with his crime spree in other states and abroad; Friday's hearing in Island County Superior Court -- not far from the rural, wooded island where he grew up -- consolidates more than 30 separate felony crimes charged by state authorities. 

Prosecutors will ask for a sentence of just under 10 years, while his lawyers are seeking a six-year term.

Federal prosecutors are attempting to prevent Colton Harris-Moore, better known as 'The Barefoot Bandit,' from cashing in on his story.

The infamous 20-year-old is reportedly preparing to plead guilty as part of a sentencing deal to charges that he stole five aircraft, two cars and burglarized over 100 private homes, a bank and grocery store throughout the Pacific Northwest and into the Caribbean. His barefoot footprints were often found at the scene.

The former fugitive, who spent two years on the run, was apprehended last July in the Bahamas after he allegedly stole a plane and fled there from Indiana.

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But now prosecutors are attempting to force Harris-Moore to turn over any profits he makes from the sale of his story, The Seattle Times is reporting.

With book and movie deals already being discussed, the daring young criminal could stand to make millions.  He already intends to use it all to make restitution, his lawyer Johny Henry Browne said on Friday. "Colton does not and did not want a dime and thinks it's wrong to benefit from this."

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Prosecutors want to guarantee that. They've filed a request with the court that Harris-Moore be required to forfeit "any profits or proceeds" from the alleged crime spree.

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The fugitive teen whose exploits fascinated the country last summer and earned him the nickname Barefoot Bandit, is facing two new felony charges involving the theft of an airplane and burglary of an airport hangar, RadarOnline.com has learned.

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Colton-Harris has already been charged with five felony counts stemming from his alleged cross-country crime spree.  He is facing 42 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

The teen, now required to wear prison shoes, is in the Federal Detention Center outside of Seattle, where his lawyer says he spends his days "drawing plans for designing airplanes.

Colton-Harris' mother Pam Kohler told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on Friday that she's spoken to her 19-year-old son several times since his arrest July 11 in the Bahamas, where he's been accused of stealing a speed boat, among other things.

"I tell him about his dog and what's going on here," Kohler said, adding that they never speak about his time as a fugitive. "I try to keep his spirits up."

Colton-Harris goes on trial January 18 for the crimes he's charged with in his home state of Washington.

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A book about his exploits is coming out shortly after, and that tome has already been optioned to be turned into a movie by 20th Century Fox.

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He fought the law, and the law won -- and now we get to watch how it all went down.

That's right, we're talking about a clip of Colton Harris-Moore -- better known as the "Barefoot Bandit" -- as he was brought into custody by local authorities in the Bahamas July 10, following a high-speed boat chase that turned into a footrace. The  just-released video shows  the arrest, which took place in Eleuthera, a small Bahamian island; it shows Harris-Moore literally running from the law -- in both directions -- before police brought him in.

Colton Harris-Moore - better known as the 'Barefoot Bandit' - has been elevated from a teen criminal to a national celebrity, and RadarOnline.com has exclusive copies of the arrest warrent released during the man hunt for the former fugitive after he stole a Cessna plane.

The documents detail the probable cause for arrest and were issued by a court in Seatte, Washington on December 11, 2009, while the crafty criminal was evading capture during his two-year crime spree.

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They include a statement by FBI agent Linwood E. Smith III that claims Harris-Moore, 19, stole the Cessa from Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, on Septmeber 29, 2009, and and flew it across state lines to Washington. Bare footprints were found at the airport, which helped cement the Bandit's legacy.

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The plane was later found crashed in rural Granite Falls, near a slew of stolen goods, bank bags, a gun he had stolen from an airplane hangar in British Columbia, Canada, and tell-tale footprints. The suspect's DNA was found on the plane.

The young thief began his desperate dash for freedom when he escaped a from a group home in Renton, Washington on or around April 28, 2008, where he was ordered to stay after pleading guilty to, and being convicted of, three felonies, states the warrant.

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Since he fled, 65 investigations in Washington, Idaho and Britisih Columbia, Canada, had been launched to stop his crime spree and bring him to justice.

The offical papers include details on his preference for breaking and entering while barefoot.

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Colton-Moore was finally captured on July 11, 2010 in the Bahamas and waived extraditon before a federal judge in Miami on Friday. He is finally headed back to his homestate of Washington.

'Barefoot Bandit' Waives Extradition; Returning To Seattle To Face Charges

Colton Harris-Moore - better known as the 'Barefoot Bandit' - waived extradition before a federal judge in Miami, Florida on Friday morning, and is headed back to his home state of Washington, RadarOnline.com has learned.

During the brief hearing in Miami, the 19-year-old, dressed in a tan jumpsuit and wearing chains, remained silent as his court-ordered attorney spoke for him, saying the teen agreed to not fight extradition back to Seattle, Washington. Once there, he will face multiple criminal charges and will be held without the possibility of bail until a future bond hearing.

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Harris-Moore is accused of a two-year crime spree, which officials say consisted of more than 70 break-ins and plane and boat thefts in eight states centered around the Pacific Northwest.

Colton Harris-Moore -- better known as the  'Barefoot Bandit '  -- waived extradition before a federal judge in Miami, Florida on Friday, and is headed back to his home state of Washington, RadarOnline.com has learned.

There, Harris-Moore faces charges for an alleged two-year crime spree, which officials say consisted of more than 70 break-ins and plane and boat thefts in eight states centered around the Pacific Northwest.

Colton Harris-Moore -- better known as the "Barefoot Bandit" --  briefly appeared in federal court in Miami, Florida on Wednesday, but the case was continued until this Friday, RadarOnline.com has learned.

In court Wednesday, Harris-Moore said he hadn't met with his attorney, though he  indicated his mother said she had hired one.

When asked who his attorney was, he said, "I'll have to speak to my mom."

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A judge then set another hearing for Friday to give Harris-Moore time to hire a lawyer.

Authorities say Harris-Moore, 19,  went on a two-year crime spree and is responsible for more than 70 break-ins and plane and boat thefts in eight states, mostly centered around the Pacific Northwest.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Harris-Moore was deported from the Bahamas Tuesday after pleading guilty to a small illegal entry charge .

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After Harris-Moore reached Miami late Tuesday, federal agents took the teenager into custody, as they did not have the authority to do so in the Bahamas.

Harris-Moore, who is from Camano Island, Washington, was arrested in the Bahamas over the weekend by local authorities after a high-speed boat chase.

Harris-Moore, whose alleged exploits have gone viral thanks to Facebook, got his nickname because he is believed to have committed many of the crimes he's accused of while barefoot.

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Harris-Moore allegedly left a calling card at one of his heists: a chalk outline of his feet he drew this past February at a market in Washington's San Juan islands after a robbery.

The teen told authorities he went to the Bahamas, according to an anonymous officer speaking to Miami's WSVN TV station, because of its various travel outlets and relatively smaller law enforcement presence.

Colton Harris-Moore -- better known as the "Barefoot Bandit" -  is due in court  in Miami, Florida Wednesday at 1:30 pm ET for a preliminary hearing in connection with his alleged two-year crime spree, which authorities said consisted of more than 70 break-ins, plane and boat thefts in eight states, mostly  centered around the Pacific Northwest.

Harris-Moore was deported from the Bahamas Tuesday after pleading guilty to a small illegal entry charge, RadarOnline.com has learned. After Harris-Moore, 19, reached Miami late Tuesday, federal agents took the teenager into custody, as they did not have the authority to do so in the Bahamas.