NEW YORK – Former porn king – Al Goldstein – has been arrested allegedly for shoplifting three books from a Barnes and Noble book store.

Goldstein is the ex-publisher of Screw Magazine. He was stopped by security at the Barnes and Noble store near Lincoln Center yesterday with three books on health.

New York City Police were called and he was charged with petty larceny.

Goldstein has been on a downward spiral since his publishing company went bankrupt. He has been living at the Bellevue homeless shelter.