San Diego Shipyard Contractor Sentenced for Stealing Equipment From Navy Ships

SAN DIEGO—A man who stole nearly $600,000 worth of computer equipment from four U.S. Navy ships while working as a civilian contract employee at General Dynamics-NASSCO in San Diego was sentenced July 10 to 18 months in federal prison. Ernesto Saldivar, 30, pleaded guilty earlier this year to theft of government property for taking hard drives, laptops, and other items from ships undergoing maintenance, then selling some of the items online. The thefts took place on the USS Pinckney, USS Curtis Wilbur, USS Tripoli, and USS Spruance, according to court documents. A prosecution sentencing memorandum states that, in March of last year, hundreds of hard drives, plus other equipment, were discovered missing from the ships....