Meet the World's Youngest Criminal Mastermind

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Writing: Steven Rix
Editing: Jack Stevens

[John-ztfd]

That's lawyer's a bloody good bloke. Alot of the time all these kids need is a chance and someone to believe in them. Great to hear he's got his life back on track

[luxiness]

Despite a crime spree lasting nearly two years, it was considered remarkable that someone so young had never shown any progression towards violent crimes. This was actually one of the things his defense used to alleviate his sentence.

[piconano]

My buddy and I stole a Mini when we were 17.
We were nice enough to fill up the guy's gas tank and parked his car one street over, when we were done.
Next day we went to check on the car now parked in the street by the owner's house. There was a note on the dash facing the front of the windshield.
It read; "Guys thanks for the fill up. You can take it anytime you want since you know how. This car also needs an oil change!".
To this day I laugh when I remember what happened. Kudos to that guy. We felt bad doing that to him, but the joy ride and that experience was worth it.

[Foxfire-xqij]

Damn… so you’re telling me all I needed to do was waste 5 years in jail, have a terrible childhood, and steal shit from people and I would have a secure job, loads of popularity, and fame?

So much for 6 years in college, 25k in student loans, and a low wage job…..

[caroldavis]

To get away with all those thefts, he has to be incredibly smart, maybe even genius level.

[WilliamReginaldLucas]

Netflix need to make this guy’s story an original series. A tragic upbringing, a lengthy and angsty crime spree, topped off with his comeuppance and a full on redemption arc.

[onlyfromadistance]

I have lived here on Camano Island for about 25 years. Most of the people I know support Colton. Many people would leave food out for him with notes of support. I put out some clothes for him but he never made it to my place. He got a raw deal in life, but he has had more of a life than most people. One of the planes he took belonged to a local radio dj. I heard he got it back fairly safely. Colton was a "Grey man" in his own way. Rock on Colton!!!

[salexweldon]

Love that 14 year old thoughty2 still had a killer stache

[abckidscroblox]

This reminded me of this one scene from a book where this person never puts on shoes because he “accidentally” left it somewhere, but then one day this other person finding the “lost” shoes and giving it back, asking him to put it on, in which he accepts for the moment, only to be seen without shoes the next time they met. So she keeps finding it and giving it back and he keeps “losing” it “on accident” anyways.

Turns out the he did this not because he didn’t like shoes. It was because he had finally found someone who had cared for him, even when he purposely left his shoes somewhere, and she would always give it back without knowing how much it had meant. It was very heartwarming but sad that it was only one sided, but this still stuck with me. ❤

[Sirkento]

He should be in the comment section here just saying. It's pretty amazing what you were able to accomplish, if you ever read this, and this gives you a pretty powerful story to tell people. I hope things are going well for you and it is Honorable that you are working on paying off those debts and that's a lot more than can be said for a lot of people who have never been to jail. I hope when people hear this story they work a little bit harder to get children out of dangerous and severely oppressive homes before terrible consequences occur

[dainbramage]

I grew up in western Washington and I was in my late 20s when Colton began his spree on Camano. Once he became known online and people realized that he wasn't out to hurt anyone, there were multiple people both on the island and off that would set out gift baskets or care kits for him in case he came around. No word on whether or not he ever picked up any of them but the local news covered it and acted quite incredulous to those people who said they supported him. I followed his FB page sometime around then and he would post pictures of himself laying in makeshift campsites while mentioning his love of nature in the comments. The man was basically a folk hero to the local younger generation who saw him as a rebel with a good heart. Once he started stealing airplanes and especially once he made it to the Bahamas, people still would send him messages online rooting him on and sending him thoughts and prayers in hopes he would stay safe. We all knew he would get caught eventually, but we hoped he wouldn't die before that happened. It's good to see he came out of it all with a decent head on his shoulders and stories that will last forever.

[clarangakoana]

This guy is smart it's just the toxic environment he grew up in that forced him to live like the way he had .I'm glad nobody was hurt in his stunts and he got his act together at last

[GbbytheGreat]

My dad worked at the children's prison he wound up at. They used Colton to test their cell security because he could unscrew things with his bare fingers and escape from anything. Lmao
My dad said he was a pretty alright kid.

[MrHandy-nrhi]

I was a propane delivery driver on Camano Island and ran into this kid staying in a vacation home on the South End. I was told to mail the invoice for the homeowner as they kept the heat on during the winters. I noticed one customer was using more gas than usual so I knocked on the door to see if someone was staying there and Colton answered and said he was house sitting. Had no idea it was him until they caught him later. He was very polite and gave me no reason to not believe him so I upped the delivery schedule and but the usage went back down immediately! He didn’t trash the place I think he just wanted out of the cold for a few weeks.

[autisticgod]

it is kind of hilarious that he went from being a thief to a law career as a lot of people consider those to be pretty similar lol

[sophieandwayne]

That kid has amazing life skills. Glad he got a shot at a normal life and is paying back what he took. He is a natural survivalist!

[OutsideGamerGirl]

With a wild story like that, I bet he's a hit attending parties! On a more serious note, here's to hope Colton will remain a good citizen and offer his services to assist the children of unfortunate cicrumstances in his community.

[DocHolliday]

I was cheering for Colton the whole way. I couldn't dare to steal a plane just to teach myself to fly. He's a very sharp lad.

[Neonnotecards]

The game rebellion as a teen is relatable asf. Friends of mine took up hardcore gothic styles, heavy metal, smoking etc and the worst thing I did when I was left home alone for a day was eat more candy than I shouldve

[sircalvin]

5:50 "western canada" i think thats the only time ive noticed a mistake in a thoughty2 video, great job!