Police on Saturday morning arrested a 24-year-old Fairfield man in connection with a fire in a bathroom at one of the Millport Apartments.
At about 9:24 a.m. on May 15, New Canaan Police and Fire Department units were dispatched to 35 Millport Ave. Unit #226 on a report of the fire, officials said.
There, they found the fire was no longer active, according to a police report. It appeared to have been started in a garbage pail by placing ignited paper towels into it, the report said.
The bathroom walls were covered in black soot from fire and smoke, it said.
Following an investigation, the officers determined that the man, who lived there, had intentionally set the fire, the report said.
He was charged with second-degree arson, disorderly conduct and second-degree criminal mischief.
Police released the man on $10,000 bond and scheduled him to appear June 15 in state Superior Court.