A federal court has sentenced a man who recorded drone video of a U.S. military installation in Guam to two months of home confinement, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

The USS Blue Ridge is moored in Apra Harbor, Guam. A Guam man was sentenced to home confinement for posting a drone video he took of a U.S. military installation on YouTube. File Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jasen Moreno-Garcia/U.S. Navy UPI

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A federal court has sentenced a man who recorded drone video of a U.S. military installation in Guam to two months of home confinement, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

The U.S. District Court of Guam handed down the sentence to Billy Cao Cruz, 54, on Sept. 11. Along with home confinement, Cruz was sentenced to two years of supervised release and a $25 fine for violating national defense airspace.

FBI agents questioned Cruz on April 16 about a video he uploaded to his YouTube channel called "Planet Guam." The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands described the video, uploaded to YouTube on Feb. 1, as "sensitive" and said it had nearly 12,000 views before it was removed from YouTube.

Prosecutors said Cruz had previously been warned about photographing military installations. He told FBI agents he used a specific drone because he believed it had fewer restrictions that didn't require him to notify nearby airports.

"You get away with a lot of things" using the specific drone, Cruz told the agents.

U.S. Attorney Shawn Anderson said nearly all of Guam's airspace is under flight restrictions due to the large military installation there.

"These restrictions help ensure the safe operation of commercial, military and private aircraft," Anderson said. "As this case demonstrates, they also protect our national security, including the military personnel who keep our homeland safe."