Navy investigators say that a civilian worker set a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine because he had anxiety and wanted to leave work early, reports the Washington Post.
Casey James Fury, 24, 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.
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