Worker set fire to submarine in Maine so he could leave early, Navy says

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jimmy olsen

July 23, 2012, 10:15:03 PM
Bizarre motivation.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/23/civilian-worker-charged-with-arson-in-maine-navy-sub-fire/#ixzz21VRVbKeB
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PORTLAND, Maine –  A civilian employee set a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine because he had anxiety and wanted to get out of work early, Navy investigators said in a complaint filed Monday.

Casey James Fury, 24, of Portsmouth, N.H., faces up to life in prison if convicted of two counts of arson in the fire aboard the USS Miami attack submarine while it was in dry dock May 23 and a second blaze outside the sub on June 16.

Fury was taking medications for anxiety and depression and told investigators he set the fires so he could get out of work, according a seven-page affidavit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland.

If convicted of either charge, Fury could face life imprisonment and a fine of up to $250,000 and be ordered to pay restitution, officials said. His federal public defender, David Beneman, declined to comment. A court appearance was set for Monday afternoon.

The Miami was in dry dock at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, for an overhaul when the fire damaged the torpedo room and command area inside the forward compartment. It took more than 12 hours to extinguish.

A second fire was reported June 16 on the dry dock cradle on which the Miami rests, but there was no damage and no injuries.

Fury, who was working on the sub as a painter and sandblaster, initially denied starting the fires but eventually acknowledged his involvement, the affidavit states.

He admitted setting the May 23 fire, which caused an estimated $400 million in damage, while taking a lie-detector test and being told by the examiner he wasn't being truthful.

Fury told Timothy Bailey, an agent for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, that "his anxiety started getting really bad," so he grabbed his cigarettes and a lighter, walked up to a bunk room and set fire to some rags on the top bunk.

The Navy originally said the fire started when an industrial vacuum cleaner sucked up a heat source that ignited debris inside.

Fury said he set the second fire after getting anxious over a text-message exchange with an ex-girlfriend about a man she had started seeing, according to the affidavit. He wanted to leave work early, so he took some alcohol wipes and set them on fire outside the submarine.

Fury said he initially lied about setting the fires "because he was scared and because everything was blurry to him and his memory was impacted due to his anxiety and the medication he was taking at the time," according to the affidavit.

Fury told NCIS agent Jeremy Gauthier that he was taking three medications for anxiety, depression and sleep, and a fourth for allergies. He checked himself into an in-patient mental health facility on June 21 and checked himself out two days later, the affidavit reads.

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Neil

#1
July 23, 2012, 10:21:23 PM
Arson on a warship?  They should hang him.
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garbon

#2
July 23, 2012, 10:25:40 PM
Really, Tim? People suffering from anxiety and depression aren't thinking clearly? Stop the presses!
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CountDeMoney

#3
July 23, 2012, 10:50:42 PM
Depressed over his girlfriend, the results of his at-home HIV test probably didn't help.

Neil

#4
July 23, 2012, 10:58:37 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 23, 2012, 10:50:42 PM
Depressed over his girlfriend, the results of his at-home HIV test probably didn't help.
You just don't understand freedom and liberty.  The Second Amendment applies to fire too.
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Barrister

#6
July 23, 2012, 11:22:34 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 23, 2012, 10:25:40 PM
Really, Tim? People suffering from anxiety and depression aren't thinking clearly? Stop the presses!

Self-reported anxiety and depression.

And facing major arson charges are also known to cause anxiety and depression.
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The Brain

#7
July 24, 2012, 03:39:10 AM
Probably TELEFON.
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Martinus

#8
July 24, 2012, 03:56:26 AM
Quote from: Barrister on July 23, 2012, 11:22:34 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 23, 2012, 10:25:40 PM
Really, Tim? People suffering from anxiety and depression aren't thinking clearly? Stop the presses!

Self-reported anxiety and depression.

And facing major arson charges are also known to cause anxiety and depression.

I think the fact that he set fire to a warship probablu corroborates the story of him suffering from mental problems, you know.

If someone does something nuts, with no obvious/rational motive, then claiming to be nuts is probably not an attempt to get off the hook, but likely to be true.

Darth Wagtaros

#9
July 24, 2012, 05:59:55 AM
Doesn't Catch-22 imply the opposite?

PDH!

Capetan Mihali

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July 24, 2012, 06:05:35 AM
Remember the Maine!
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Ed Anger

#12
July 24, 2012, 06:10:38 AM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on July 24, 2012, 06:05:35 AM
Remember the Maine!

The Spanish would welcome an ass whipping right now.

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Neil

#13
July 24, 2012, 07:49:04 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 24, 2012, 06:10:38 AM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on July 24, 2012, 06:05:35 AM
Remember the Maine!
The Spanish would welcome an ass whipping right now.
It's New Hampshire that's behind this.  They're always saying 'live free or die', right?  Time to make them earn that.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

garbon

#14
July 24, 2012, 08:12:56 AM
Quote from: Barrister on July 23, 2012, 11:22:34 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 23, 2012, 10:25:40 PM
Really, Tim? People suffering from anxiety and depression aren't thinking clearly? Stop the presses!

Self-reported anxiety and depression.

And facing major arson charges are also known to cause anxiety and depression.

Well I'm sure they'll be able to determine when he started getting prescribed medication.

At any rate, that has little to do with what I said to Tim.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.
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