Seaman Apprentice Ryan Sawyer Mays
Search Warrant Gives New Details into Navy’s Case Against Bonhomme Richard Sailor Charged With Arson
A federal search warrant filing was unsealed this week in the case of a sailor the Navy officially charged last week with setting the fire that devastated the former USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), rendering the amphibious assault ship unsalvageable.
The sailor, identified as Seaman Apprentice Ryan Sawyer Mays, 20, is accused of arson and hazarding a vessel in charges filed July 29 under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. A U.S. 3rd Fleet spokesman confirmed Mays was the sailor charged last week.
The warrant, requested by Naval Criminal Investigative Service and issued Sept. 3, 2020 by a federal judge in San Diego, sought access to Mays’ email and cellphone accounts – which investigators believed hold evidence of alleged crimes – from Google, Apple and Yahoo internet service providers.
https://news.usni.org/2021/08/04/search-warrant-gives-new-details-into-navys-case-against-bonhomme-richard-sailor-charged-with-arson