A Newburgh man is facing charges for allegedly trying to set a Central Hudson worker on fire while the employee was on the job, according to City of Newburgh police.

Police say it happened around 2:23 p.m. on Dec. 1 on South Miller Street, where officers were dispatched for a report of a disorderly man harassing a Central Hudson employee.

When officers arrived, they found both the worker and the suspect, 19-year-old Jerson Perez-Sanchez of the City of Newburgh. Authorities say he held a lighter under the Central Hudson vehicle and then picked up a stick and menaced the worker.

Perez-Sanchez was arrested and charged with arson in the fourth degree and menacing in the second degree, both class A misdemeanors.

News 12 reached out to Central Hudson for comment but has not received a response.