Newcastle Police are searching for a man and an accomplice involved in a brazen stealing and intimidation of staff at a Kotara tool shop.
A man walked into the Sydney Tools store on Northcott Drive at about 5.00pm on Wednesday and grabbed a Milwaukee Nail Gun valued at $699 from a display case and ran off.
Two male staff members aged 23 and 30 gave chase and caught up with the man in a nearby car park but he turned and told them he would stab them with a syringe.
He was joined by another male and the pair fled.
