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Teen Charged With Torching Truck In Burlington Church Parking Lot

BURLINGTON (CBS) – A teenager is charged with setting a truck on fire in the parking lot of a Burlington church.

Ryan Johnson, 19, was arrested and charged with arson of a motor vehicle and malicious destruction of property over $250.

Police were called to St. Margaret Parish on Winn Street Wednesday morning around 1 a.m.

Firefighters put out flames coming from a truck in the church parking lot.

Burlington Police executed a search warrant at a Burlington home on Friday night and arrested Johnson.

Johnson is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Woburn District Court.

Police do not believe at this time that the arson is connected to recent church vandalism in Burlington.

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