A man will face court over four alleged attempted robberies on the NSW South Coast earlier this year.
Police allege the first robbery took place on April 1, when a 24-year-old woman had a knife held into her back while she was riding her bike on Mowbray Lane in Warrawong.
The man allegedly stole her handbag with a large sum of cash.
READ MORE: Passenger plane carrying 62 people crashes in Brazil, killing all on board
A 25-year-old male tried to intervene, however, the alleged offender fled over a fence on Churchhill Avenue, Warrawong.
In a second incident on Gladstone Avenue in Coniston on April 20, a man allegedly threatened a 21-year-old shop attendant with a knife while a second man wearing a white jumper took vapes from the counter.
One man, aged 36, was charged in relation to the second incident, and remains before the courts.
The third alleged incident took place at a hotel on Montgomery Avenue in Warrawong, after a man allegedly armed with an axe threatend a hotel employee, before fleeing with cash at 10pm on July 9.
In a fourth incident on July 20, a 24-year-old bottle shop employee was allegedly threatened with a knife before cash was taken.
READ MORE: Australia’s biggest cities paying the most at petrol pump
The man allegedly fled through the back of the store and off towards Railway Street, Bulli.
Police allege all four alleged robberies are linked.
At 1pm yesterday, police arrested executed a search warrant of a Griffith Street in Warrawong.
A 29-year-old man was arrested an hour later at a different nearby property.
The man allegedly pulled out a kitchen knife to avoid arrest, but police were able to disarm him.
When police were walking to man to the car, he allegedly resisted police, leaving an officer with a dislocated thumb and a large laceration to his finger.
The alleged offender was taken to Illawarra Police station where he was charged with seven offences including three counts of robbery while armed with an offensive weapon, assault police and a domestic violence-related assault.
He was refused bail and will appear in Wollongong Local Court later today.
links to content on ABC
9News
