Police have charged a man with numerous offences following two alleged carjacking incidents at Beresfield yesterday.
Just after 2pm, a 21-year-old man approached a 51-year-old woman as she was entering her car in a carpark in Anderson Drive.
The man allegedly pushed her against the car, before taking the keys and driving away.
As he drove through the roundabout at Anderson Drive and Glenwood Drive, the car collided with the gutter and crashed, and the man left the car.
He then allegedly approached another car which had stopped at the crash site and attempted to remove the driver from the car. When the driver refused to leave the car, it is alleged he punched him several times through the open window.
The driver was able to drive away from the scene and the man ran into nearby swampland, where several witnesses chased him and restrained him until police arrived.
As police were arresting the man, several other people attempted to intervene, and a struggle commenced with the officers.
Police deployed OC spray and two men, and two women were arrested and taken to Maitland Police Station.
During the struggle two officers were injured, one with a suspected fractured wrist.
The 21-year-old man was charged with aggravated assault to take and drive motor vehicle, assault with intent to take and drive motor vehicle, resist police, destroy property, intimidate police, and drive unlicensed.
The men aged, 24 and 27, were each charged with resist arrest, assault police and hinder police.
The three men were refused bail to appear in Maitland Local Court today (Monday 6 May 2019).
The women aged, 25 and 27, were charged with resist arrest and were both granted conditional bail to appear in Maitland Local Court on 29 May 2019.
