{"id":23816,"date":"2020-08-27T19:37:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T19:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/27\/thats-how-i-get-paid-veteran-sentenced-for-stealing-more-than-25-million-from-navy-warehouse\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:13:38","slug":"thats-how-i-get-paid-veteran-sentenced-for-stealing-more-than-25-million-from-navy-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/08\/27\/thats-how-i-get-paid-veteran-sentenced-for-stealing-more-than-25-million-from-navy-warehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That\u2019s how I get paid\u2019: Veteran sentenced for stealing more than $2.5 million from Navy warehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A U.S. Navy veteran will spend the next two years in prison for stealing more than $2.5 million worth of goods from a Navy warehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herbert Gutierrez, 54, was sentenced Wednesday for stealing from a Military Sealift Command<\/a> warehouse in San Diego, where he worked as a civilian after a 20-year military career, according to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of California<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was also ordered to pay back more than $2.5 million in restitution to the Navy and forfeit another $57,000, according to officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From July 2018 to April 2019, feds say Gutierrez advertised warehouse items on sites like eBay and then allowed people to drive up to the MSC warehouse during and after working hours to pick up and haul away the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn February 2019, Gutierrez permitted a utility truck and a tractor-trailer to enter the MSC warehouse after hours and drive away with more than $1 million in stolen copper nickel tubing,\u201d a release announcing Gutierrez\u2019s sentencing states.<\/p>\n\n\n\t