A man will face court over a glassing incident in Wollongong on Thursday. Police have been told about 5.30pm (Thursday 24 July 2014), a 26-year-old man was at a club on Crown Street when he allegedly became involved in a verbal argument with a 25-year-old man. A third man intervened and he was allegedly assaulted. Staff at the club escorted the injured man out of the club and the verbal argument ceased. A short time later, another argument ensued between the 25 and 26-year-old man, when the younger man allegedly threw a glass at a poker machine, causing it to smash. The older man suffered a cut above his right eye; however did not require treatment. About 1.30pm, Friday 25 July 2014, officers attached to Wollongong Local Area Command were contacted and commenced investigations. Following inquiries, about 8.30pm, police arrested a 25-year-old man at a home on Mercury Street and he was taken to Wollongong Police Station. He was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, affray and stalk/intimidate intend fear. The man was granted conditional bail, to appear at Port Kembla Local Court on Tuesday 26 August 2014. Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://www1.police.nsw.gov.au/. Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 23:57:35 +0000
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