Former sailor accused of espionage pleads not guilty
Credit: The Virginian-Pilot
Robert Patrick Hoffman II, a 20-year veteran who retired last year as a petty officer first class, leaves U.S. District Court in Norfolk on Thursday, December 6, 2012. Hoffman is accused of believing he was passing secret information “pertaining to methods to track submarines” to the Russians, according to a federal indictment that was unsealed today.( Steve Earley / The Virginian-Pilot )
