A Columbus man is accused of threatening people with a machete outside a local gas station last night.

32 year old Marc A. Anderson is facing preliminary charges of intimidation with a deadly weapon.

Police say that Anderson was arguing with customers and waving the machete in the air near the gas pumps at the Village Pantry convenience store on North Washington Street at about 7:10 p.m. last night. He then threatened the witness with the machete before taking off.

Police found his vehicle and stopped it on Washington Street. He was arrested without any further incident, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus police.