Sneedville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man is arrested and charged with arson in connection to a residential fire in Hancock County.

Forty-one year old Christopher Shearer was arrested after an investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office into the February fire at a residence in the 800 block of Sherm Mountain Road in Sneedville.

During the course of the investigation, agents determined that the fire had been intentionally set by Shearer.

He’s charged with one count of Arson and is being held on a $15,000 bond.