A man has been arrested and charged for allegedly assaulting and threatening an off-duty officer in Albury last week.
About 6.35pm (Friday 27 March 2015), a female off-duty officer and her friend were near a building site in Albury when they saw a woman inside the fencing on the site and a vehicle parked adjacent on the roadside.
The officer identified herself as a police officer and spoke to the woman.
A man appeared from near the vehicle and both attempted to leave.
The officer and her friend attempted to stop the pair from getting into the vehicle to leave, when a struggle ensued and the man pushed the officer a number of times and threatened her and her friend with a bladed weapon.
The man and woman then drove away in the vehicle.
Albury Local Area Command commenced an investigation, and, as a result of inquiries, a 30-year-old man was arrested by police on Swan Street, North Albury, around 7.30am today (Thursday 2 April 2015).

He was taken to Albury Police Station and charged with numerous offences including:

– Enter enclosed lands;

– Larceny;

– Assault officer in execution of duty;

– Cause actual bodily harm;

– Two counts of assaulting a person acting in aid of a police officer;

– Intimidate officer in execution of duty;

– Wield knife in a public place;

– Armed with intent to commit indictable offence; and,

– Use weapon to avoid apprehension.

Bail refused, the man appeared in Albury Local Court where he was again refused bail to next appear on Wednesday (8 April 2015).

The man’s arrest follows the arrest of a 40-year-old woman, who was arrested at a home on Swan Street on Saturday (28 March 2015).
She was taken to Albury Police Station and charged with stealing, trespass and shoplifting for an unrelated matter. The woman was given conditional bail to appear at Albury Local Court on Tuesday 14 April 2015.