The Toebbes seemed to neighbors and co-workers as the typical suburban couple before they were arrested last October for allegedly scheming to sell secrets about Virginia-class nuclear submarines to a foreign country. Full story:
Jonathan and Diana Toebbe are pictured in photos released by the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority on Oct. 12, 2021.A federal judge in West Virginia on Tuesday rejected the plea deals of Jonathan Toebbe, a former nuclear engineer for the U.S. Navy, and his wife Diana, because she said they did not allow for enough prison time.
MORE: Prosecutors say nuclear engineer for Navy, wife accused of 'espionage-related' crime, pose flight risk "Make no mistake these defendants have been charged with very serious crimes," Judge Gina Groh said. "I find the sentencing options available to me to be strikingly deficient." Toebbe said he began corresponding with someone he thought was a representative of the foreign government who was really an undercover FBI agent.
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