Politics & Government
USS Miami Sub Fire Suspect Could Get 20 Years
Federal prosecutors are recommending that Casey James Fury receive a 20-year sentence after he pleaded guilty to setting two fires.

Federal prosecutors want a U.S. District Court judge to sentence a former Portsmouth Naval Shipyard worker to 20 years in prison for setting fire to the USS Miami in May and June 2012.
The Portland Press Herald reported Monday that federal prosecutors filed a memorandum in the Portland, Maine court seeking a federal prison sentence of 19 years and seven months for Casey James Fury, 24. The newspaper reported that Fury's defense counsel is recommending that his client receive a 15-year sentence.
Fury is scheduled to be sentenced for two counts of arson on Friday, March 15 at 9 a.m. Fury pleaded guilty to those two charges in November.
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