Troy Lamont Moody, 52, of Austin was charged on Wednesday in Mower County District Court with two counts of felony stalking-two or more priors, two counts of felony stalking-aggravated violations-possess dangerous weapon, felony terroristic threats, two counts of felony violent felon in possession of a firearm and felony violent felon in possession of firearm ammunition.

According to court documents, an officer was dispatched at 2:12 p.m. on Monday regarding a customer threatening an employee at the Aldi Grocery.

The manager said a man they knew as “Troy” had threatened one of the female employees.

The officer spoke to the employee, who said she was familiar with Moody because he was a frequent customer who had been “bothering” her for a while, according to court documents.

He approached her while she was unloading a pallet and was allegedly acting “creepy friendly” and making small talk with her before asking for her phone number.

She said he had asked for her number on previous occasions, but this time he allegedly threatened to shoot her, placing his hand on something in his pocket, if she didn’t give him her number. He allegedly said he had a gun, so she put her number in his phone and he called her cell phone to confirm it was real.

Moody again threatened to shoot her if she told anyone about the incident, according to court documents. She was able to provide the officer with Moody’s number.

Police later made contact with Moody, who said he had been at the Aldi Grocery and had exchanged numbers with the woman, according to court documents. He denied threatening her and said he did not possess a gun.

Police conducted a search warrant on Tuesday at Moody’s residence and located and seized a 12-gauge Mossberg Model 88 shotgun, a loaded HVM .357 magnum/.38 caliber revolver, Remington .38 caliber ammunition and Winchester 12-gauge ammunition, according to court documents.

A review of Moody’s criminal history shows prior convictions for disorderly conduct, theft, domestic assault and wanton endangerment.

Moody will appear in court again on May 29.