A 12-year-old boy will face court after allegedly stealing a knife and threatening a security guard in the state's north west.
About 3:45pm yesterday (Wednesday 6 November 2024), police were called to a shopping centre in Beardy Street, Armidale, following reports of a person armed with a knife.
On arrival, officers attached to New England Police District were told a boy had allegedly threatened a security officer with a knife.
At 8.40am today Thursday 7 November 2024 police arrested the young person at a home in Armidale.
He was charged with armed with intent to commit serious indictable offence, affray, stalk/Intimidate with intent to cause physical harm (two counts) and shoplifting.
He was released on conditional bail to appear before a Children's Court on Monday 18 November 2024
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
