A man who allegedly armed himself with a machete and threatened another man has been charged with a string of offences including assault and resisting arrest in NSW's central west.
Police say the 25-year-old man was visiting relatives at Gulgong near Mudgee on Wednesday afternoon when he allegedly spat at and threatened them.
He then proceeded to a corner store on the same street and allegedly assaulted a man.
Police said the man then drove to a house where he threatened the occupants and damaged a car parked outside before driving to a hotel and damaging another car there.
They said the man and a relative then went to another house, allegedly armed with a machete and threatened a man there and later threatened a woman and her daughter over the phone.
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At 6.10pm (AEDT) on Wednesday police arrested the man nearby and he has been charged with 22 offences.
They include intimidation, assault, malicious damage, traffic offences, assaulting/resisting police, intimidating police, street offences and possessing a dangerous implement.
He was refused bail to attend Mudgee Local Court on Thursday.
