"Former Maryland Police Chief Receives Multiple Life Sentences for Arson Spree"

Former police chief David M. Crawford in Maryland has been sentenced to multiple life terms in prison for setting fires to the properties of individuals he believed had slighted him. Crawford, who resigned as police chief of Laurel in 2010, was convicted on eight counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree arson, and one count of malicious burning. The fires occurred between 2011 and 2020 across six counties. Crawford's sentencing includes eight life sentences plus 75 years, effectively keeping him behind bars for the rest of his life.