Robert Korbe

A Pennsylvania man whose wife fatally shot an FBI agent has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on the drug accusations that brought the agent to their home that day. Forty-one-year-old Robert Korbe, of Indiana Township, pleaded guilty in May to cocaine trafficking. He was sentenced Friday for that crime and others, including illegal possession of the gun his wife, Christina, used to kill FBI agent Samuel Hicks in November 2008. A federal judge could have sentenced him to life in prison, but...Read Full Story

PITTSBURGH ( Reuters ) -- A woman accused of killing an FBI agent in southwestern Pennsylvania in 2008 was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 16 years in prison, her attorney said. Christina Marie Korbe pleaded guilty to charges related to the shooting death of FBI agent Sam Hicks on November 19, 2008. Hicks and other law enforcement officials had entered Korbe's family's house with a warrant for the arrest of her husband, Robert Korbe , on drug charges, according to court documents. Police...Read Full Story

Pa. man whose wife FBI shot agent given 25 years : "judge assured Robert Korbe, 41, of Indiana Township, that he was not being sentenced for the shooting, but Korbe's defense attorney said afterward that his client might have spent as little as 10 years in prison had his wife not shot FBI Special Agent Samuel Hicks that day. 'Take away this tragedy,' defense attorney William Difenderfer said, 'and he'd be looking at a different sentence.' Korbe's wife is awaiting trial in March on charges...Read Full Story

U.S. authorities Monday filed federal murder charges against a woman accused of fatally shooting FBI Special Agent Samuel Hicks.Christina Marie Korbe, 40, is charged with murder, assaulting federal officers and employees and using a firearm during a violent crime, among other offenses. She faces a possible life sentence if convicted."Law enforcement officers put their lives on the line every day to maintain public safety," U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said in a statement. "Special Agent...Read Full Story

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