State College police on Wednesday arrested a Penn State student accused of threatening a downtown apartment building property manager with a butcher knife and calling him a racial slur.

Alexa Acevedo, 21, is charged with felony counts of ethnic intimidation and aggravated assault, as well as a misdemeanor count of simple assault.

The manager of Yugo Echelon, 330 W. College Ave., told police that he entered Acevedo’s apartment with contractors on Wednesday morning to replace windows and that Acevedo had been provided advanced notice, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Earlier in the morning, an employee who entered the apartment to remove blinds from the windows said Acevedo became upset with him and pushed him out the door.

The property manager told police that when Acevedo then saw him in the apartment with the contractors, she called him a racial slur, told him to get out and tried to break his laptop, according to the affidavit.

Acevedo then went to the kitchen, pulled out an 8-inch-long butcher knife and approached the property manager, police wrote. He told officers that she held the knife above her shoulder and at one point had it within a foot of his face.

As the property manager stood up, Acevedo continued to yell at him and pushed him out the door with one hand while the knife remained in the other, according to the affidavit.

The contractors who were in the apartment with him confirmed the property manager’s account of what occurred, police wrote.

When interviewed by officers, Acevedo said she told the property manager to leave several times. She admitted to grabbing a knife, but said she did not approach him with it, according to the affidavit.

Acevedo was arraigned on Wednesday afternoon by District Judge Allen Sinclair, who set bail at $50,000. She is currently detained at the Centre County Correctional Facility.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 12.

Penn State is aware of the charges, a spokesperson said, and the university’s Office of Student Accountability and Conflict Response is reviewing them to determine appropriate next steps.

The university may take student conduct action in addition to, and separate from, the charges filed by police, he added.