Thursday 29 June 2017

Man threatens couple with screwdriver

BY JESSICA ROUSE

A man will face Toronto Local Court in July after allegedly intimidating a man and woman and verbally abusing others near his house in Lake Macquarie.

Police have been told that at about 2:30pm, a man began approaching and verbally abusing a number of people who were walking or in their cars at Terrigal Street, Morisset.

It's alleged he threatened a man and woman who were sitting in their car with a screwdriver. It's also claimed he verbally abused other people.

Officers were called to the location and a nearby school was placed into lockdown as a precaution.

Police arrested the 30-year-old man and he was taken to Toronto Police Station and charged with two counts of intimidation as well as malicious damage and granted conditional bail.