TOWN OF TRENTON, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) -- A Utica man faces a laundry list of charges after he threatened and beat a victim in the Town of Trenton over the weekend, according to New York State Police.

Troopers were called to Church Road in the Town of Trenton at approximately 10 am on Sunday, October 18. A preliminary investigation found that the suspect -- later identified as 39-year-old Cesin Hechavarria of Utica -- arrived at the victim's residence on Church Road on a bicycle while carrying a can of gasoline. Hechavarria then allegedly poured the gasoline on two vehicles and the victim.

He then proceeded to enter a garage on the property, where police say he threatened and beat the victim with a stick, paver bricks, and a metal shovel. Police say he also caused extensive damage to the t

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