MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — A 74-year-old Ellicott City man was sentenced to several decades behind bars for a series of arson fires set in Clarksburg years ago. David Michael Crawford pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree arson and one count of second-degree arson.
Judge James Bonifant sentenced Crawford on Friday to 55 years in prison to run concurrent to a prison sentence he is currently serving for crimes committed in Howard County, Maryland.
The Montgomery County charges stem from three house fires in 2016, 2017 and 2020, at homes belonging to Crawford’s family members. Montgomery County fire investigators determined the fires were intentionally set…