The package allegedly contained a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, return address with a sample of the classified information and instructions on how to obtain more using covert means.ĭuring the next 18 months, prosecutors claim Jonathan continued correspondence with a person who he thought was the foreign government’s representative, but was actually an undercover FBI agent. The Toebbes are currently incarcerated at the Eastern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Martinsburg, West Virginia, according to federal prosecutors.Īccording to the criminal complaint against the couple, Jonathan, a nuclear engineer at the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program with national security clearance, sent a package to a foreign government in April 2020 containing restricted data about the design of nuclear-powered warships. As of Tuesday afternoon, Diana had not been appointed an attorney. The magistrate also appointed Nick Compton with the federal public defender’s office as Jonathan’s counsel and scheduled a preliminary hearing for Oct. Trumble scheduled those hearings for 10:30 a.m. Marshals Service pending a hearing on the government’s motion to keep them detained before trial on espionage-related charges. Magistrate Judge Robert Trumble ordered Jonathan Toebbe, 42, and Diana Toebbe, 45, of Annapolis, Maryland, remanded to the custody of the U.S. (CN) - A Maryland couple arrested over the weekend on charges of trying to sell classified nuclear secrets made their first appearance in federal court Tuesday.
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