Utica Police say they confiscated eight swords from a local hotel room after getting a call for a menacing complaint and altercation at a North Utica hotel.

Cops were called by someone claiming he'd been in argument, then a physical scuffle with another man at the hotel. He later identified the other person as 43-year-old Joseph Arsenault, police said. The man also claims Arsenault threatened him with a sword.

Joseph Arsenault - booking photo released by Utica Police Department
Joseph Arsenault - booking photo released by Utica Police Department
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On the belief that the weapon used in the threat was likely still inside the hotel room, investigators were able to obtain a search warrant and say they located a total of eight swords in the room.

Arsenault is charged with menacing and criminal possession of a weapon.

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