SAN DIEGO — Four men who hurled about 400 pounds of fruit, bread and meat at each other during a food fight at the U.S. military's Camp Pendleton have pleaded guilty to trespassing.
Travis Delgadillo, 24, and Peter Marshall, 35, both of Los Angeles, Steve Esteves, 24, of Oceanside and Brett Jensen, 24, of Huntington Beach, pleaded guilty Thursday. They each face up to six months in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Under a plea agreement, though, the men will be sentenced to no more than 30 days of community service and three years probation. Prosecutors also want the men to pay for the food — about $750.
Delgadillo said the group drove onto Camp Pendleton on April 4 after he showed his expired Marine Corps identification badge to a guard. Jensen also is a former Marine and Esteves is a former reservist.
Authorities said the men forced their way into the dining hall, picked the lock on a refrigerator and ate and destroyed the food before they were caught. The men told authorities they videotaped their exploits because they wanted to show how lax security is at the base.
Camp Pendleton, located 40 miles north of San Diego, is home to more than 60,000 military and civilian personnel.