History in the Taking

A noted historian has filed a guilty plea - for stealing valuable documents.

Barry Landau of New York City admitted to taking documents from the Maryland Historical Society and conspiring with his assistant to steal and sell more documents from that institution and others in the Northeast.

Apparently he had been thieving for a long time. He was finally caught at the Maryland Historical Society.

A sharp-eyed worker made the collar
of this trusted but busted scholar.