A man who reportedly threatened to cut off the head of a woman with a machete was arrested in Middleton Sunday afternoon after police used a Taser to stop the man.

Alan Malcheske, 30, no permanent address, was tentatively charged with disorderly conduct while armed and failing to comply with an officer's attempt to take a person into custody following his arrest at about 4:35 p.m. in the Pheasant Branch Nature Conservancy, on a path north of the 6600 block of Century Avenue.

Middleton police said in a news release that in addition to threatening the woman, Malcheske slashed the machete at a man who was walking a dog on the path.

"Officers found the suspect about 200 yards from Century Avenue, with the officers ordering him to keep his hands in sight," police said in the release. "He did not comply, but instead he picked up the machete and raised it over his shoulder in a threatening manner."

Repeated attempts to get him to drop the weapon were unsuccessful.

"When a Taser was pointed at him, he appeared to be getting ready to move on the officers, so the Taser was deployed," the release said.

Malcheske dropped the weapon and was arrested.