Thursday, December 4, 2025

Contractors in NAS North Island Bribery Scandal Sentenced

Contractors get prison for Navy bribes

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge sentenced two owners of defense contracting firms in Poway to three years each in federal prison Monday for their roles in a bribery and fraud scandal that went on for nearly a decade at North Island Naval Air Station.

The prison terms were handed down by U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns to Joanna Loehr, 52, the owner of Centerline Inc. and Robert Ehnow, 46, the owner of L & N Industrial Tool & Supply.

Read the entire UT San Diego article here.

Related: Seven plead guilty for Navy contracting fraud

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Originally from upstate New York, Dani Schwartz has lived in Coronado since 1996. She is happy to call Coronado home and to have raised her children here. In her free time she enjoys reading, exercising, trying new restaurants, and just walking her dog around the "island." Have news to share? Send tips or story ideas to: [email protected]

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