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FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- A Fort Wayne man faces felony charges after investigators allege he cut off his own genitals and used it while committing arson.

Our reporting partners at WPTA in Fort Wayne report that 36-year-old Christopher Peden potentially faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted.

The Fort Wayne Fire Department says it was dispatched to a garage fire in May, just as city police officers were dispatched on reports of a stabbing. Peden allegedly told police that he had been stabbed somewhere downtown and was threatened by someone the day before.

At the hospital, Peden allegedly told an officer he had been dishonest at the scene. Documents say Peden confessed that, at about 2 a.m., he went into the garage and used a kitchen knife to cut off his genitals. He then allegedly told the officer he poured gasoline on the dismember organ and set it on fire, leaving the garage and walking away until finding police.

Court records show a fire investigator found a gasoline container and lighters at the scene, as well as a kitchen knife; the records did not detail whether the genitals were located.

A trial date for Peden will be set next week.