San Diego

Former Padre slugger Nate Colbert was sentenced Monday to one year in custody in connection with a bank fraud case.

Colbert was also ordered to pay $138,238.29 back to the Cuyamaca Bank of Santee for a 1989 loan he received but was unable to repay.

U.S. District Judge Earl B. Gilliam ruled that Colbert could spend half of the one-year term in a halfway house.

Colbert, 45, was placed in custody immediately after sentencing, even though the judge said he could surrender next week.

Colbert was indicted 11 months ago on eight counts of bank fraud and four counts of making false statements on loan applications. Colbert, who also formerly worked for the Padres as a minor league coach, listed property in Maine he did not own on the 1989 loan applications, according to the court.