A former police chief in Maryland was sentenced Tuesday to eight life sentences plus 75 years for setting a series of 12 fires targeting people who he felt had wronged him, CBS Baltimore reported.
Former Laurel Police Chief David Crawford’s sentences are concurrent, so his actual prison sentence is two life sentences, plus 75 years.
Crawford, 71, has maintained his innocence throughout his trial, and his attorney said he plans to appeal the court’s ruling, CBS Baltimore reported.
Crawford was found guilty in March of eight counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of arson and a count of malicious burning connected to the fires that were set in six counties over a decade. He was arrested in March 2021.
Prosecutors said Crawford was motivated by the slightest of grudges, using gasoline to burn people’s cars, garages and homes.
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