Harry Potter book thief pleads guilty

The CBC Reports A security guard pleaded guilty in a British court on Tuesday to stealing copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince before its release and trying to blackmail publisher Bloomsbury. Aaron Lambert, 20, stole two copies of the sixth volume in the bestselling series by J.K. Rowling from the distribution centre where he worked on June 2, six weeks before it was due to hit store shelves.