Friday, November 28, 2025

Derby Police arrest suspect in arson at Roseland Apizza

Jose Guardiano
 

DERBY - Police today arrested Jose Guardiano, 27, of Derby after an investigation into a fire that occurred Thursday at Roseland Apizza.

At 6:24 p.m. police received several 911 calls reporting a shed on fire behind Roseland. The fire department extinguished the fire which was concentrated to a shed adjacent to the restaurant, police said in a written release Friday evening.

Officers reviewed surveillance video from the restaurant, which captured the suspect igniting the shed before leaving the scene.
At approximately 7 p.m. dispatch received a call reporting a suspicious male attempting to enter a 45 Minerva St. apartment building.
Responding officers located the individual and recognized him as the same person observed lighting the fire in the Roseland surveillance footage.
Police detained Guardiano and he was subsequently taken into custody.
He was charged with the following offenses:
• 53a-112 Arson 2nd Degree
• 53a-115 Criminal Mischief 1st Degree
• 53a-63 Reckless Endangerment 1st Degree
• 53a-181 Breach of Peace 2nd Degree
Guardiano was held on a $100,000 bond.

Shared from a release from the Derby Police Department.


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