A Ludlow is facing allegations that he threatened to kill his parents with a metal baseball bat.

Michael A. Snyder, 31, of 7 Hillside Ave., Ludlow, was arraigned Friday before District Judge David Engman on charges of terroristic threats, a first-degree misdemeanor; simple assault, a second-degree misdemeanor; harassment and disorderly conduct, third-degree misdemeanors.

According to the criminal complaint, at 11:32 a.m. Friday, Lewis Run-based state police were dispatched to Snyder’s residence for an assault in progress between a father, mother and son.

The father told police that Michael Snyder came home and argued with him about a lighter and other miscellaneous things.

Snyder “was very irrational and argumentative,” the complaint stated. While Snyder and his father were outside, Snyder allegedly threatened to kill his father with a baseball bat; he was holding the bat as if ready to strike as he said it.

Snyder threw the bat across the yard and went inside, where he “threatened to kill his mother because he was going to kill his father,” court records stated.

Snyder’s mother told police she was asleep in the bedroom when the sound of her husband and son yelling woke her up. According to the complaint, she said Snyder “threatened to kill her if she wasn’t going to side with him in the argument.”

Snyder is in McKean County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bail, and he is scheduled to appear in Central Court on Thursday.