(St. Louis, MO) -- A student pilot from Canada who stole a plane and flew it to Missouri, violating U.S. airspace will spend two years in federal prison.

Adam Dylan Leon was sentenced in U.S. District Court Tuesday.

In April, the 31-year-old flew a stolen Cessna-172 from a flight school in Ontario.
He ran out of fuel and landed on a rural road near Ellsinore, Missouri.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection plane and two Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 fighters pursued leon for more than seven hours.

The incident triggered the evacuation of the Wisconsin capital.

The defense argued for leniency for Leon, saying his actions weren't malicious.