Casey James Fury of Portsmouth, N.H., faces up to life in prison if convicted of two counts of arson⁵（纵火） 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.

 

The 24-year-old Casey 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 affidavit⁶（宣誓书） filed Monday in US District Court in Portland.

 

Fury made his first court appearance Monday afternoon but did not enter a plea.

 

Magistrate⁷ Judge John Rich III scheduled a combined detention⁸ and probable cause hearing for next month. The US attorney's office has filed a motion asking that Fury be held without bail⁹.

 

Fury's federal public defender¹⁰, David Beneman, did not speak in court and earlier in the day declined to comment to the reporters.

 

People who appeared to be family members attended the hearing but also declined to comment.

 

The Miami was in dry dock at Portsmouth Naval¹¹ Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, for an overhaul¹²（彻底检修） when the fire damaged the torpedo¹³（鱼雷） room and command area inside the forward compartment¹⁴. It took more than 12 hours to extinguish.

 

A second fire was reported June 16 on the dry dock cradle（支船架） 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（喷砂器） , initially¹⁵ 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 truthful¹⁶.

 

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 lighter¹⁷, walked up to a bunk¹⁸ room and set fire to some rags on the top bunk.

 

If convicted of either charge, Fury could face life imprisonment¹⁹ and a fine of up to $250,000 and be ordered to pay restitution²⁰（恢复，赔偿） , officials said.

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