Windsor police say a man is facing charges of assault with a weapon and possession of weapon dangerous to the public peace. 

On Saturday afternoon, police executed an arrest of the man in an alley adjacent to Erie  Street.

A Tweet had gone out from police on Saturday asking the public to avoid the area.

Police say the man was acting disorderly.

He allegedly had taken garden tools and was swinging them in direction of people. No one was injured.

Police also say he was trying to cut down a tree.

The man was taken to hospital, treated and released.