Man landed private plane at Navy base twice, causing CA island lockdown, feds say

A San Diego man previously warned against landing his private plane on a Pacific island that is part of a U.S. Navy base flew there again in April and stole a truck, causing a lockdown, federal prosecutors said.

Andrew Kyle White, 37, landed his Glastar airplane on a San Clemente Island naval airstrip for the second time on April 6, when he abandoned the aircraft, drove around the military installation in the stolen Navy truck and “evaded capture overnight,” according to prosecutors.

While driving the vehicle, White destroyed multiple gates and visited different locations that had been blocked off on the island, which is a part of Los Angeles County and Naval Base Coronado, prosecutors said…

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