CANNON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Cannon County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man they say is dangerous and armed with a machete.

He’s been on the run since Wednesday morning.

It started on Locke Creek Road and stretched to Hooversville Road, where residents were urged to stay on lockdown for hours.

The sheriff officially called off the search at about 1 p.m. this afternoon. It all started early Wednesday morning when a 911 call came in for 29-year-old Michael Holden Thomas.

The sheriff told News 2 Thomas was inside the home on Locke Creek Road where he was holding a woman and three children inside. The sheriff says Thomas reportedly beat the woman with a baseball bat.

Officials said when they arrived at the house, Thomas took off in a car. That’s when they laid out spikes and he made it about a mile and a half down the road to Hoover Mill Road, where he ran into a man’s house armed with a machete and demanded a car.

The homeowner said Thomas seemed more scared than he was.

“He was scared. He had the machete in his hand, he kept waving the machete telling me ‘man I don’t want to cut you, I don’t want to hurt you.’ He said ‘where’s the car keys?’ and I looked at him and said the car keys are on the wall beside the back door. That’s when he turned and took off for the back door, he didn’t take a car. I turned back to the bedroom to get the gun,” said Larry Nixon.

Deputies say Thomas had several warrants out for his arrest already. This is the third time he’s evaded arrest.

He is wanted for violating parole on a previous burglary conviction in Kentucky. Now, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and more charges are on the way.

The search is called off for now and he is still out there. The sheriff says they are pursuing any leads that come in.

Anyone with information is urged to dial 911.