A judge has dismissed a plea bargain for a former US Navy engineer and his wife. Because they argued that their proposed prison sentence was far too lenient for complicity in selling nuclear weapons following a guilty plea. Secrets of submarines to foreign countries.
Six months ago, Jonathan Tove, 43, and his wife Diana Tove, 46, based in AnnapolisMarylandI pleaded guilty to the charges and agreed to plead guilty. According to The Baltimore Sun, Toebbe agreed that from his 12.5 years he would have spent 17.5 years in prison and his wife would have faced his three years in prison.
West Virginia U.S. District Judge Gina Groh for the Northern District said the proposed penalties "are not in the best interest" of the United States.
The couple withdrew their guilty pleas and Judge Groh had scheduled a new trial date for January 17, but the paper said prosecutors had agreed to a new plea bargain with the defendants by then.
Jonathan Tove, a naval officer with a top secret security clearance, has been working on projects involving nuclear submarines since 2012.
These reserved photos were released Oct. 9, 2021 by West Virginia Regional Prisons and Correctional Facilities Authority Jonathan Tove and his wife Diana Tove is pictured.
(AP)
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