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Frederick County Sheriff's Deputy Convicted of Arson
   posted 5:28 am Fri September 14, 2007 - FREDERICK, MD.
A Frederick County jury convicted asheriff's deputy Friday of torching his girlfriend's SUV in hopes of collecting insurance money. It took the jury about two and a half hours to find suspended Sergeant Theodore Randolph Dorsey, of Knoxville, guilty of second-degree arson.

Prosecutors said Dorsey set fire to the Chevrolet Trailblazer, which belonged to former Brunswick police officer Elizabeth Lauren Anderson.
 
He hoped to use the insurance money to buy a 2003 Cadillac Escalade SUV.

ABC 7 News myTAKE - What's Your Opinion?Dorsey's sentencing was scheduled for November 9th.

The crime carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

Anderson was charged with arson, fraud and conspiracy several weeks after the fire, but prosecutors dropped the charges in November without explanation.

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Information from: The Frederick (Md.) News-Post
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