A man will face court tomorrow charged with allegedly assaulting four people and a dog on the states Mid North Coast today.
Police were told about 10.30am (Sunday 1 June 2025), an 87-year-old man was walking along the boardwalk on Riverside Drive, Nambucca Heads, when he was approached by an unknown man who allegedly pushed him in the chest causing him to fall to the ground.
The 87-year-old man sustained an injury to his shoulder and was later taken to Macksville Hospital where he was treated for a broken collar bone.
The man allegedly continued to walk along the boardwalk, before he punched a 28-year-old woman as she jogged by.
The woman sustained an injury to her face and neck.
A short time later the man allegedly approached a 52-year-old woman who was walking with her two dogs.
The man allegedly punched the woman to the face causing a cut to her lip. The man has then allegedly kicked one of her dogs and continued to walk away.
The dog was not injured.
About 11am, a 70-year-old woman was walking towards Gordon Park along Wellington Drive when she was approached by the man who allegedly swiped a coffee tray out of her hand and hitting her ear.
Officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District arrived and arrested a 53 -year-old man on Wellington Drive, Nambucca Heads.
He was taken to Nambucca Heads Police Station and charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts common assault and commit an act of cruelty upon an animal.
He was refused bail and will appear before Kempsey Local Court tomorrow Monday 2 June 2025.
