A second man has been charged over the alleged intimidation of Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteers on the Mid North Coast.
Yesterday (Friday 15 November 2019), a 32-year-old man allegedly used a chainsaw to threaten a 64-year-old man at the property on Padmans Road at Elands, about 50km north-west of Taree. The younger man then lit a fire behind the property.
Two RFS volunteers attended a short time later, and they were allegedly also threatened by the man.
Officers from Manning/Great Lakes Police District were contacted and attended the property and arrested the man.
The fire was extinguished by RFS officers.
The man was taken to Taree Police Station and charged with common assault, three counts of intimidation, possess a prohibited drug, and damage property by fire.
He was refused bail to appear at Port Macquarie Bail Court today (Saturday 16 November 2019).
On 7.45am on Thursday (14 November 2019), a 44-year-old man was charged after allegedly intimidating two RFS volunteers at a property in Elands. He remains before the courts.
