Last night around 7:30 p.m. the man approached a family member with a machete and began threatening him outside on Fergie Jenkins Parkway in Chatham.
The family member was able to disarm the man prior to police arrival.
The man was transported to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance for medical attention.
The family member was not injured.
The machete was seized by police as evidence.
The 27-year-old Dover Township man has been charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and uttering threats.
He has been released pending a future court date of March 8, 2016.
