Charged over assault at tavern

Raptor Squad officers have charged a man after he allegedly assaulted and intimidated a man at a tavern in Chittaway Bay earlier this month.

On Saturday, June 8, officers attached to State Crime Command’s Raptor Squad received a report that a 40-year-old man had been spat on and intimidated by two men at the tavern.

Following investigations Raptor Squad officers executed a search warrant at a home in Berkeley Vale last Thursday, June 13.

During a search of the home police located and seized small amounts of prohibited drugs and an electronic device.

A 38-year-old man was arrested at the home and taken to Wyong Police Station, where he was charged with stalk/intimidate intend fear physical harm, common assault and enter enclosed land not prescribed premises without lawful excuse.

The man was granted strict conditional bail to appear before Wyong Local Court on Wednesday, July 3.