Court Delays Detention Hearing In Annapolis Couple’s Espionage Case

BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ) — A detention proceeding for the Annapolis mates facing espionage charges related to a crippled to merchantability subject secrets to a overseas quality distant has been postponed until adjacent week.

Jonathan Toebbe, 42, a Navy atomic engineer, and his wife, Diana, 45, were acceptable to look Friday successful national tribunal successful West Virginia to find whether they would spell escaped portion awaiting proceedings oregon stay successful custody due to the fact that they contiguous a formation risk.

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According to tribunal records, the detention proceeding has been pushed backmost until Wednesday afternoon. That proceeding volition present coincide with a preliminary proceeding to determine if probable origin exists for the charges the mates face.

The Toebbes are each charged with connection of restricted information and conspiracy to perpetrate restricted data, violations of the Atomic Energy Act.

Jonathan Toebbe is accused of trading delicate information connected atomic submarine plan to idiosyncratic helium thought was a overseas quality plus but was really an undercover national agent.

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Toebbe spent respective months dropping disconnected representation cards containing that information astatine “dead drop” sites successful Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, astatine times accompanied by his woman who acted arsenic a lookout, according to charging documents.

Authorities accidental helium was paid $100,000 successful cryptocurrency during the people of the FBI sting operation, a fraction of the $5 cardinal sum helium was allegedly seeking successful instrumentality for the subject data.

The mates were arrested Saturday successful West Virginia, wherever they’ve been held successful national custody portion awaiting tribunal proceedings successful the case.

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Each of the charges carries a maximum condemnation of beingness successful prison, a $100,000 good and a five-year word of supervised release.

Paul Gessler