Modern day, aviation-style Outlaw?

Coastal Washington authorities are, once again, investigating an aircraft theft and crash this week.  The plane was stolen on Tuesday and then found in a logged area in route to Camano Island.  It had suffered a very hard but survivable landing.  The craft was discovered after a burglary complaint was called in from a near-by house whose owners reported only their passports, a blanket, and some food were missing.

Authorities believe the crime fits the profile of a teenager, Colton Harris-Moore, who has previously stolen another C182 and a Cirrus SR22.  Both of those flights also ended in hard landing incidents.  The teen has no formal flight training but reportedly has learned his skills from the internet; good enough only to get the plane in the air and not down again, obviously.

So what makes this teen sneak into airports and steal small airplanes?  Does he want to fly that bad or is it the thrill of the act that draws him to it?  Those are hard questions and ones that don't necessarily have to be answered to realize this kid is seriously troubled and needs help.  He obviously lacks a concern for his and others' safety; he has to to take a plane up without the training needed to safely fly it.

What's more, I don't see this ending in a good way.  If he's not detained soon, the next incident may not end so well.  He could crash the next plane in a fiery ball or be trapped somewhere with no one knowing.  He's also allegedly taken to carrying guns as on this latest adventure and that only leads to more trouble.