A tortoise thief in Queens is sentenced to six months behind bars.

Shawn Waters is accused of taking the reptile from the Alley Pond Environmental Center in Douglaston in July.

He was charged with criminal possession of stolen property.

The tortoise eventually turned up in Connecticut after somebody bought him and alerted the authorities.

The 95-pound African spurred tortoise is estimated to be 17-years-old and worth roughly $2,500.