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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Navy recruit, 21, is found NOT GUILTY of 2020 arson that gutted USS Bonhomme Richard and caused $1.2B in damage - as it's revealed there was a SECOND suspect who was kicked out of service
2022-10-01
  • Seaman Recruit Ryan Mays was found not guilty of setting the fire that destroyed USS Bonhomme Richard in July 2020

  • Prosecutors failed to present enough evidence which tied Mays to the arson

  • The ship burned for more than four days and caused an estimated $1.2 billion in damages

  • Mays' defense introduced information that the Navy had another suspect they gave up on after the sailor was kicked out of the service

  • 'Sailor E.M.' was seen 'sprinting' from the location the flame began
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Posted by:Skidmark

#5  This is a summary of the Navy's investigation from 2021. I'm not sure how much more brutal the defense case could have been.
Posted by: Matt   2022-10-01 15:12  

#4   ^ Nevermind the Navy lost a carrier and is likely to lose more if the woke nonsense continues.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-10-01 14:10  

#3  Ref #1 above

Bingo! The not guilty judgement of course abrogated the need for the introduction of the defense evidence proffer of more details. I knew this smelled in how long it was taking to come to trial. Two year-long delay was the signature of making the case lose PR impact because something would make it damage the whole pronoun woke-Navy diversity melodrama. Tidy this up and move on, careers are at stake, and good order, morale and discipline of the service will hardly be noticed.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-10-01 13:30  

#2  ^ A Trans-BIPOC?
Posted by: Frank G   2022-10-01 12:09  

#1  ....I should mention - and honored mods, I understand if this gets the post deleted - but there are indications (no more than that at this point) that the E.M. in question is a member of a Protected Class(TM).

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-10-01 11:20  

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