Former Portsmouth Naval Shipyard worker pleads guilty to stealing, selling scrap metal from dumpsters
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KITTERY, Maine (Tribune News Service) — A former employee of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is facing up to a decade in prison after he pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to theft of government property for swiping scrap metal from PNSY dumpsters.
Michael Gamash, 64, of Old Orchard Beach, took metal that belonged to the U.S. Navy and sold the metal to two area metal dealers, one in Arundel and the other in Portland, from about 2014 to 2016, according to court records. He was a civilian PNSY employee at the time.