David Crawford, a former police chief for the City of Laurel, was convicted of attempted first-degree murder and related counts in fires set in Howard County.
in March 2021 in connection with 12 fires from 2011 to 2020 spanning Howard, Frederick, Charles, Montgomery, Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties in Maryland, authorities said.
“Our heart goes out to the victims; and we hope this verdict and the sentence we are seeking will provide them with some sense of justice,” Howard County State’s Attorney Rich Gibson said in the release. “Furthermore, Crawford, who had a long career in law enforcement, should have had a greater degree of respect for the rule of law and today’s verdict is a reminder that no one is above the law.
On Dec. 9, 2017, units responded to the 4000 block of Spring Meadow Drive for a reported house fire and found a single-family home ablaze, prosecutors said. A family of two adults and one juvenile was home and escaped, prosecutors said.Nearly a year later, on Sept. 22, 2018, units responded to a reported house fire at the same home as renovations had just finished from the previous fire, prosecutors said. The home was unoccupied.
deficient on any basis to believe that Mr. Crawford intended to kill anybody,” Bonsib said. He said his client plans to appeal.Crawford served as Laurel police chief from 2006 until 2010, when he, prosecutors said. He previously worked as the District Heights police chief and as a major for the Prince George’s County Police Department.
He faces sentencing on June 27. The state’s attorney’s office said that it is seeking the maximum sentence allowed, which is eight life sentences plus 95 years.
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