Dashae Mccarty Thomas News Today

A St. Petersburg man who stole an endangered tortoise last May was found with additional stolen items buried in his backyard.

Joshua McCarty-Thomas served federal prison time for stealing two rare books from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums in Ohio. He was suspected in several other book thefts.

High-valued comics stolen from Elkhart’s Hall of Heroes museum in March have been recovered from a Florida home.

An endangered Galapagos tortoise is back home at a St. Augustine zoo Wednesday after investigators said a St. Petersburg man stole two back in November.