A Wells man charged after allegedly waving a machete at people last month pleaded not guilty to two felonies Monday in Faribault County District Court.

Justin Phillip Crowe, 29, is charged with second-degree assault and obstructing the legal process.

Court documents state a Wells police officer was dispatched Oct. 22 to a residence in Wells on a report of a man waving a machete and hacking at a nearby pole.

Three people at the address were described as appearing scared and upset and reported that the man did not speak to them but withdrew and waved at them a machete-type knife approximately 2 feet in length.

Court documents state the man walked away after he began hacking into a power pole he was standing next to.

The officer reportedly found Crowe with what appeared to be a machete in his hand while he was driving down an alley. Crowe reportedly entered a detached garage, and as the officer approached the garage he heard two voices speaking inside the garage and observed a silhouette of a man swinging a knife at the ceiling through a garage door.

Court documents state Crowe and another man, Jose Ruiz, opened a garage door and walked out of the building after an officer backed up to his squad car.

Crowe reportedly told an officer, “I am going to take you” and took a few steps at the officer, before the officer deployed his Taser. Ruiz was arrested for disorderly conduct, and the machete was found and seized.