A man has been charged over the alleged assault of two people and resisting and assaulting two police officers at Tamworth.
Just after 10am (Thursday 5 March 2020), officers from Oxley Police District responded following reports a man had assaulted two people at a department store in Bridge Street, Tamworth.
Police were told the man became aggressive over stock unavailability and threw boxes of tissues at a female staff member and walked off.
When a female customer approached the man, he allegedly grabbed her around the throat before she was assisted by another customer. No injuries have been reported.
The man then left the store and purchased items from a supermarket, where police approached him.
As officers attempted to arrest the man, he allegedly resisted and attempted to put one of the officers into a headlock and grasped at another officer’s service firearm.
After police deployed a taser to affect the man’s arrest, he was taken to Tamworth Police Station, where he was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics as a precaution.
The 50-year-old man was charged with two counts each of common assault, resist officer in execution of duty, and assault officer in execution of duty.
He has been refused bail to appear at Tamworth Local Court tomorrow (Friday 6 March 2020).
Inquiries are continuing.
