A San Diego man who admitted to twice landing a small airplane without permission on a U.S. Navy airstrip on San Clemente Island, then stealing a Navy truck and using it to damage gates on the island, was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $8,000 in restitution.

Andrew Kyle White, 37, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court on Sept. 15 to one felony count of theft of government property in excess of $1,000 and one misdemeanor count of illegal entry into a naval installation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

White has been in federal custody since he cut off an ankle monitoring bracelet earlier this year, prosecutors said.

San Clemente Island is the southernmost of the Channel Islands and is in Los Angeles County; it is owned and ope

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