Arson charge laid in pickup truck fire

In this photo provided by Marc Desforges, flames engulf a pickup truck behind Bill's Sports Bar on Thirteenth Street on Sunday, June 2, 2019. A Lunenburg man is facing an arson charge. (Marc Desforges via Newswatch Group)

CORNWALL – A South Stormont man is facing an arson charge after a pickup truck fire early Sunday morning.

The pickup was set on fire behind Bill’s Sports Bar on Thirteenth Street around 3 a.m. Sunday.

Emergency responders were on scene and police made an arrest during their investigation that morning.

Cody Shaw, 29, of Lunenburg is charged with arson.

He will appear in a Cornwall court July 11.