A man has been charged after allegedly threatening an emergency services worker at a sandbag station at Corindi Beach yesterday.

About 2.30pm (Friday, 7 March 2025), SES workers and members of the public were filling sandbags outside a building on Coral Street, Corindi Beach, when a man drove to the site where he filled and took a number of sandbags, before driving from the scene.

At 3.30pm, the man – aged 23 – returned to the location and took a number of sandbags from other members of the public.

A SES worker spoke with the man, when the man – who was armed with a shovel – allegedly threatened the SES worker, before threatening other SES workers and community members nearby.

Officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District were notified and attended the scene a short time later.

The man was arrested, and his vehicle was searched where police allegedly located and seized a knife and a machete. The shovel was also seized.

He was taken to Coffs Harbour Police Station, where he was charged with stalk/intimidate intend fear physical etc harm (personal), and custody of knife in public place.

He was refused bail and appeared at Parramatta Bail Court today (Saturday, 8 March 2025), where a further charge of intimidate frontline emergency worker was laid.