US couple jailed for trying to sell navy secrets to foreign government

Diana and Jonathan Toebbe sentenced to 22 and 19 years for posing great danger' to US security

A federal judge has handed lengthy prison sentences to a US navy engineer and his wife for a plot to sell secrets about nuclear submarines to a person they thought was a representative of a foreign government, citing the great danger" they posed to US security.

The US district judge Gina Groh sentenced Jonathan Toebbe to more than 19 years and his wife, Diana Toebbe, to nearly 22 years. In August she had rejected earlier plea agreements that had called for reduced sentencing guidelines.