An Indiana man will spend several years on probation after stealing a Star Wars figure worth nearly three thousand dollars. 

Gerardo Sanchez, 32, of Syracuse, Indiana pleaded guilty in September of this year to a fifth-degree theft charge for stealing a figure from a man who was displaying it at a conference in Liberty Township. 

The figure was a solid iron replica of a Tie Bomber from Star Wars and is valued at $2,900. 

Sanchez was sentenced to five years probation in Trumbull County Court. 

He is also ordered to pay the toy's owner $2,900, the cost of the toy, and return the replica to the owner.