UPS! Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 PORTLAND, Maine — A civilian laborer 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 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. Fury made his first court appearance Monday afternoon but did not enter a plea. People who appeared to be family members attended the hearing but declined to comment. His federal public defender, David Beneman, did not speak in court and earlier in the day also declined to comment to The Associated Press. 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. 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. Magistrate Judge John Rich III scheduled a combined detention and probable cause hearing for next month. The U.S. attorney's office has filed a motion asking that Fury be held without bail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allfreetime Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 My pops worked there in the late 1960s. He died last August due to CBGD which may or may not be caused by exposure to airbourne Pb particles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12packprophet Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Insert: DUDE YAHOO NEWS WTF MAKE A YAHOO NEWS THREAD DONT MAKE THREADS FOR STORIES ON YAHOO NEWS YOU FUCKING YAHOO NEWS!!!! YAHOO NEWS!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12packprophet Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 *Sarcasm.^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteeth Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 what is CBGD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup forgot his password Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I agree, you should always have a reason for setting fires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12packprophet Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Life in prison is a little overboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silba Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Throw the book at him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theprotester Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSK Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 6 months probation seems suitable..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injury Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 setting fire to a nuclear submarine? seems logical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSK Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 i call conspiracy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 RIP to your father. I wonder/worry about exposure to stuff like that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
En Sabah Nur Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 FURY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPS! Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 I mean he sounds white, so he'll probably get a pass. If he was Arab this would be seen as Terrorism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realism Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Hey guys I heard this might be another good thread for me to fly off the handle about race in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPS! Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 :lol: Real you always bring the lolz dog. Except when you dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup forgot his password Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I destabelized teh fuzon core reactor and maed all teh old floridian peepel radeoactiv, i kans go hoem nao? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSK Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 :lol: Real you always bring the lolz dog. Except when you dont. 60 % of the time he brings LOL'S..... every time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 nothin like setting a huge fire on a sub to relieve anxiety man this guy is a dolt :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realism Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 60 % of the time he brings LOL'S..... every time! Came2post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemFailure Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 But how did he get access to fire without SOME sort of governmental opfor ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 if all else fails to get you out of work, just light it on fire. seems logical right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theprotester Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Far more logical than telling your employer that you're physically incapable of completing the task at hand. I wonder if he had a bit of claustrophobia thrown into the mix of anxieties he was enduring that fateful day. Burn 'em all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walid Jumblat Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Fluoride. Wake up, sheeple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 If I was on a bunch of drugs, I probably wouldn't want to work on or around a nuclear submarine...but I wouldn't try to set it on fire, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silba Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I don't buy his story one bit. You fake an illness to get off work You fake crazy to go home early One does not simply set a fire on a nuclear submarine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walid Jumblat Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I don't buy his story one bit. You fake an illness to get off work You fake crazy to go home early One does not simply set a fire on a nuclear submarine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullshitTantrum Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 the combination of adderal, zoloft and clartin was to much. he might as well been on bath salts. all i know if i was anxious, setting a nuclear sub on fire would make me waaaaayyyy more anxious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPS! Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 Haha no shit right? That was the first thing that came to mind. He's scared about being at work, but he's cool with being in a fucking nuclear submarine thats on fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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