The man responsible for torching the site of a shuttered popular country bar in Mission Valley on Christmas Day changed his plea on Monday, a court official told NBC 7.
Joel Humphrey, who was 47 at the time of the fire, was arrested on New Years Eve for, “recklessly starting a fire to the abandoned business,” San Diego police said at the time.
On Monday, he pleaded guilty to unlawfully causing a fire of a structure, which is a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to three years. He is due back in court for sentencing on April 8…