A man is due to face court today after he was charged with allegedly throwing furniture around and abusing staff in a café yesterday.
Officers attached to Cumberland Police Area Command were called to the café on South Street about 3.30pm on Tuesday, June 11, and found a man being restrained on the footpath outside the business.
Police were told the man had walked into the café and – allegedly without warning – threw a table and chairs over.
When two female employees, aged 55 and 26, intervened, the man allegedly threatened them.
Passers-by stepped in and held the man on the ground until police arrived.
A struggle ensued when police attempted to arrest the man; however, he was eventually handcuffed and taken to Granville Police Station where he was charged with ‘stalk/intimidate intend fear physical etc harm’, ‘behave in offensive manner in/near public place/school’, and ‘hinder or resist police officer in the execution of duty’.
He has also been charged with breach of bail.
The 37-year-old man, from Ashfield, was refused bail overnight and will appear in Parramatta Local Court later today.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.