A 58-year-old Waterbury man was arrested after launching fireworks in a neighbor's apartment unit, according to Waterbury police.
The neighbor told police that Alan Zawacki knocked and threw a lit Roman candle into the apartment he opened the door.
Zawacki ran down the hall as sparks flew from the Roman candle, police said.
By the time firefighters and police responded, the firework had been put out, police said.
Zawacki hid from police in the closet in his bed room, where they ultimately found him, police said.
Police charged Zawacki with reckless burning, first-degree reckless endangerment and breach of peace, police said.
He appeared in Waterbury Superior Court on Tuesday and the judge set hit bond at $25,000, according to police. He is also forbidden from seeing the victim, police said.
