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Presidential Historian Released From Prison; Will Be Monitored By GPS

BALTIMORE (WJZ)-- Presidential historian Barry Landau is heading home from prison, released by a federal judge in Maryland.

Landau and his assistant, Jason Savedoff, are charged with stealing priceless items from the Maryland Historical Society.

The judge denied prosecutors' arguments that Landau is a flight risk.

He will be monitored by GPS at his New York City apartment, and he will have no Internet access.

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