A Texas man is facing serious allegations after reportedly making threatening remarks to a magistrate during a bond hearing in Houston.

According to a report from local ABC affiliate KTRK, 27-year-old Mauricio Barboza exhibited disruptive behavior during his court appearance on Friday. The hearing officer, Lisa Porter, was subjected to verbal abuse when Barboza began dancing and referred to her using a derogatory term. He further escalated the situation by threatening, “I will have your head.”

The confrontation intensified as Barboza allegedly resisted detention officers, resulting in injuries to one of them. He was already in custody at the time, facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief.

Authorities were initially alerted to Barboza’s erratic behavior on Thursday morning when Houston police received a call around 11 a.m. about a man shouting and brandishing a hammer on Westheimer Road near Shadowbriar Drive. Although he had left the scene before officers arrived, court documents later identified Barboza as the suspect. He reportedly threatened a daycare worker as she was disposing of trash, raising the hammer menacingly and warning her not to approach any closer, under threat of death.

Per KTRK, Houston police first responded around 11 a.m. Thursday to Westheimer Road near Shadowbriar Drive for a man screaming and waving around a hammer. The man was gone before cops arrived. Court records say a man later identified as Barboza threatened a day care worker who was taking out the trash. He got within 4 feet of her and raised the hammer over his head before he threatened to kill her with it if she came any closer.

After that encounter, the man allegedly went to a Lowe’s where he took the hammer and caused about $10,000 worth of damage when he started striking security cameras in the parking lot. When a loss prevention officer came out to confront him, he lifted the hammer over his head and said “I’m going to kill you.”

Barboza remains in the Harris County Jail on a $75,000 bond.

“This person is a danger to the community,” Porter wrote in a bond motion.

Cops arrested Barboza near the day care.

Neighbor Tara Woods told KTRK she saw cops take him into custody.

“He comes running down the street. The police were right behind him. They chasing, they chasing, they chasing, they chasing. And a lady cop said, ‘Stop, stop, stop!’” Woods told the outlet.

Barboza allegedly tried to hop a fence, but cops caught up to him and placed him in handcuffs before taking him to jail. His next hearing is set for Feb. 26.