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SMYRNA - A Smyrna resident was arrested on February 17 following an incident involving law enforcement, according to the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office.

Steven Torres-Figueroa, 35, was charged with two counts of menacing a police officer (class D felony) and resisting arrest (class A misdemeanor) after deputies responded to a disabled vehicle complaint in the Town of Smyrna.

According to the sheriff’s office, deputies determined the vehicle was a traffic and snow removal hazard and initiated towing procedures.

The sheriff's office reported, “Deputies located the owner of the vehicle who began to act irate that his vehicle was getting towed despite it being a traffic/snow removal hazard. After approximately one hour of attempted de-escalation while the tow truck was enroute, Torres-Figueroa went into his residence and retrieved a kitchen knife. Torres-Figueroa began to approach the deputies and troopers on scene aggressively and disobey commands to comply.”

Police avoided using lethal force and subdued Torres-Figueroa “using control tactics after he was no longer in possession of the knife,” reported the sheriff's office.

He was arraigned in Chenango County central arraignment court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility on $5,000 cash bail.

All charges are allegations, and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

-Information from the Chenango County Sheriff's Office