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Joshua Velasco and his wife, Bethany Camille Velasco, were indicted by a grand jury today after an investigation into an alleged theft.

Testimony indicates a former Maryland police chief accused of a dozen arsons set the fires out of revenge, and that some of the victims included his own family.

There is no pattern in prosecutor's case, no direct evidence linking David Crawford to fires, defense says

Former Laurel police chief David Crawford, who is charged with intentionally igniting a dozen retaliatory fires throughout central Maryland over a decade, is slated to stand trial for the first time Wednesday in Howard County.

Former Laurel police chief David Crawford, who is charged with intentionally igniting a dozen retaliatory fires throughout central Maryland over a decade, is slated to stand trial for the first time Wednesday in Howard County.

2 slides Credit: Prince Georges County Fire/EMS Department A Former Police Chief In Md. Was A Serial Arsonist, Authorities Say By at 11:06 am NPR After David Crawford left his job as the police chief of Laurel, Md., in 2010, he spent the next decade nursing grudges and setting fires to punish others, investigators say. In a stunning turn of events, Crawford, a law enforcement veteran, is now under arrest and facing dozens of charges in connection to at leas...