The ruling came after a nine-day trial at Naval Base San Diego, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.

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A military judge has found the U.S. Navy sailor accused of setting fire to USS Bonhomme Richard not guilty.

A Navy judge has ruled a sailor was not guilty of setting a fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in 2020. The ruling Friday came after a nine-day trial at Naval Base San Diego. Prosecutors charged then-19-year-old Ryan Sawyer Mays with arson and the willful hazarding of a ship, saying he ignited cardboard boxes in a...

The verdict in the USS Bonhomme Richard case is expected on Friday, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.

Prosecutors say the young sailor was vengeful about failing to become a Navy SEAL, so he ignited the ship to send a message. Defense lawyers say the Navy has the wrong guy.

NBC 7 Reporter Melissa Adan reports a NCIS special agent testified Tuesday that she had interviewed a witness who said she saw a different sailor, other than Ryan Sawyer Mays, who is on trial charged with aggravated arson, running from the fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard. The NCIS agent also said the witness, a sailor, dropped out of the Navy...

Monday’s resumption of the trial began with the defense team making their case for Mays’ innocence, NBC 7’s Melissa Adan reports.

After a week of testimony from witnesses meant to prove that Ryan Sawyer Mays set the fire that destroyed USS Bonhomme Richard, the defense team began presenting their case Monday in the sailor’s arson trial.

A U.S. Navy sailor testified Thursday that Ryan Sawyer Mays was the last person he saw go into a lower vehicle storage area of USS Bonhomme Richard before a massive fire started and burned for days on the ship as it was docked in the San Diego Bay.