Contact Music reports that 38 year-old Christopher Brown pleaded guilty to stealing two copies of
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in June and attempting to sell them to Sun newspaper reporter John Askill for upwards of $100,000. He also reportedly pleaded guilty to "possession of an offensive weapon."
His companion in crime, 19 year-old Aaron Lambert, will appear in court in October. He faces charges of "possession of an imitation handgun with the intent to cause Askill to fear unlawful violence."
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