Judge Rejects Plea Deal for Submarine Spy Couple

Sailors attached to the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Montana (SSN-794) man the boat during a commissioning ceremony in Norfolk, Va., on June 25, 2022. US Navy Photo

A federal judge denied a plea deal for an Annapolis, Md., couple charged with attempting to sell submarine secrets to a foreign country.

Jonathan and Diana Toebbe each face a charge of conspiracy to communicate restricted data and two counts of communicating restricted data, USNI News previously reported. They had each...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/17/judge-rejects-plea-deal-for-submarine-spy-couple

Wife of Navy Nuclear Engineer Pleads Guilty to Role in Sub Secrets Conspiracy

Virginia-class submarine USS Vermont (SSN-792) as she returns home to Submarine Base New London on Thursday, on Dec. 24, 2020. US Navy Photo

An Annapolis, Md., woman pleaded guilty to attempting to sell secrets about U.S. submarines to a foreign country, days after her husband pleaded guilty to the same charge.

Diana Toebbe appeared in the District Court of Northern West Virginia Friday in order to plea guilty to her role in a conspiracy to sell classified information about the Virginia-class...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/18/wife-of-navy-nuclear-engineer-pleads-guilty-to-role-in-sub-secrets-conspiracy

Navy Nuclear Engineer Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Sell Sub Secrets

211126-N-ME396-1050 GROTON, Conn. (Nov. 26, 2021) Tugboats guide USS Minnesota (SSN 783) to the pier as the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine returns to Naval Submarine Base New London following a regularly-scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy Photo

An Annapolis, Md., man pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to give confidential information about the Virginia-class submarine to an unnamed country.

Jonathan Toebbe appeared in the District Court of Northern West Virginia at 3 p.m. to...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/14/navy-nuclear-engineer-pleads-guilty-to-attempting-to-sell-sub-secrets

Annapolis Couple Pleads Not Guilty to Selling Sub Secrets; FBI Can’t Find $100K in Payments

Virginia-class submarine Washington (SSN-787) under construction in 2016 at Newport News Shipbuilding, Va. HII Photo

An Annapolis couple charged with stealing submarine secrets in an effort to pass them to another country pleaded not guilty in federal court on Tuesday.

Jonathan Toebbe and Diana Toebbe are both facing a charge of conspiracy to communicate restricted data and two counts of communicating restricted data. They appeared in the District Court of Northern West Virginia Wednesday for an...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/20/annapolis-couple-pleads-not-guilty-to-selling-sub-secrets-fbi-cant-find-100k-in-payments

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