BY IAN CROUCH
A man has been charged following an alleged armed robbery in Lake Macquarie.
About 7.00am on Wednesday, a 46-year-old female attendant and a female customer were inside the BP service station on Macquarie Drive, Valentine, when a man entered the store.Police will allege the man threatened the customer with a knife and demanded her wallet, before he threatened the attendant and fled the store in a Mitsubishi Outlander.
No one was injured during the incident.
Lake Macquarie Police were notified and while responding, spotted a Mitsubishi Outlander matching the description of the vehicle in James Street, Windale.
Police observed a man running from the vehicle and chased him on foot, arresting the 21-year-old at a nearby home.
He was taken to Belmont Police Station and charged with two counts of robbery armed with an offensive weapon, assault with intent to rob armed with offensive weapon, be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner, enter vehicle or boat without consent of owner/occupier, and two counts of larceny.
He was refused bail to appear at Toronto Local Court today (Thursday 6 October 2022).
Inquiries are continuing.
