Politics & Government

USS Miami Arson Suspect Moves Closer to Plea Deal

Federal prosecutors and defense lawyer for Case James Fury, 24, of Portsmouth have until end of November to resolve case.

A Portsmouth man charged with setting fire to the USS Miami submarine at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in May and causing $400 million in damage is moving closer to have his case resolved without a grand jury indictment.

Maine television news station WGME in Portland, Maine, reported Wednesday that court documents at U.S. District Court show that Casey James Fury's lawyer, Attorney David Beneman that "significant progress" toward resolving the case has been made.

after he confessed that he set the USS Miami on fire on May 23 so he could go home early and then set a second fire outside of the nuclear submarine on June 16. Fury continues to be held without bail at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, Maine.

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