The surfacing of emails in which the "Barefoot Bandit" bragged of his feats in stealing and flying airplanes and made fun of law enforcement authorities doesn't seem to have hurt his sentencing in federal court on Friday:

The federal judge gave him 6 1/2 years in prison for his two-year international crime spree, a sentence that will run concurrently with a seven-year term he received last month in state court.

Colton Harris-Moore pleaded guilty to numerous state and federal charges involving a string of break-ins and boat and plane thefts that began in Washington state and ended in the Bahamas in 2010.

Before Friday's sentencing, defense attorneys said federal prosecutors released cherry-picked excerpts from emails in an effort to make Harris-Moore appear callous and self-aggrandizing.

He called the Island County sheriff "king swine," called prosecutors "fools," and referred to reporters as "vermin." He also described his feats — stealing and flying planes with no formal training — "amazing" and said they were unmatched by anyone except the Wright brothers.

Read more from The Associated Press here.