Gainesville police arrested the alleged arsonist on Wednesday who set fire to the van located at Satchel’s Pizza in Gainesville over the weekend.

According to a Gainesville Police Department (GPD) release, police arrested Legrand Tacogdoy, 42, in connection with the arson at Satchel’s Pizza. Tacogdoy is being held on a $50,000 bond in Alachua County Jail.

The arrest was made after Gainesville Police Chief Nelson Moya and Gainesville Fire Rescue (GFR) Interim Chief Joseph Hillhouse met with Satchel’s Pizza owner Satchel Raye early Wednesday afternoon to discuss the events surrounding Sunday’s fire at the restaurant.

GPD and GFR responded to the fire on Sunday and Raye posted a video showing the suspect allegedly responsible.

A series of miscommunications, according to GPD, resulted in the delay in apprehending the suspect. The press release stated that the investigation moved forward into Monday with officers filing reports, but a shift transition led to a delay in assigning an investigator to the case. That resulted in a lapse of communication that resulted in a Facebook post made by Raye on Tuesday night.

“The Chief was really great to talk to and admitted that some mistakes were made. He was as mad as I was that communication had broken down,” Raye said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. “He promised to catch the individual quickly and kept assuring me that they could handle this quickly. He also explained that he is interested in doing the best job possible regardless of public pressure or social media. He was only made aware of the situation this morning.”

Moya acknowledged the communication error.

“Whether you’re running a police department or a pizza restaurant, providing good service takes solid, reliable communication,” said Moya in the press release. “We’re not going to drop until we get this suspect, and we’re taking what we learned here so we can do better going forward.”

Raye posted the following on the Satchel’s Pizza Facebook page on Tuesday:

A customer saw the man that lit 6 fires in our van tonight, going into a bar downtown. I called 911 because when I’ve called the police department several times over the last 2 days, they say no detective has been assigned the case yet.

I told the person on the 911 call that the suspect for the arson was at a bar downtown. They said an officer would call me.

30 minutes later no officer had called and the customer watched the suspect and told me he was still there.

I called 911 again. They said they would try to get someone there. The police station is less than 5 minutes from this bar, mind you.

I end up calling 911 three times. The suspect is at the bar for almost 2.5 hours. The police never go.

I have been given no contact at the police department. I keep leaving messages and get no reply.

I called 911 3x because I knew where this schizophrenic arsonist was, and they had better things to do than apprehend him in a 2.5 hour window. When I was finally driving to the bar to see if I could catch him leaving and see where he was headed, I passed a police car parked with an officer in it.

I don’t know what to do. My business of 22 years could have been burned down from a crazy person and yet I can’t get anyone at GPD to contact me, and even when I know where this person is for over 2 hours I can’t get the police to go.

What should I do next?

I’ve emailed my commissioner and the mayor. I’ll contact the media tomorrow. I’m about as frustrated as I can be. I love the police. I call them when I need them and they have always been helpful. But right now I’m scared for my business and my livelihood and I’m not getting help. There’s a crazy person on the loose and there’s no detective on the case and no police that can respond in over 2 hours when I’ve alerted them to his whereabouts.

I’m tempted to post his photo, phone, address, Facebook, and Instagram but I also am scared for retribution.

Come get pizza while you can I guess. Who knows what tomorrow brings?