Two NSW Ambulance paramedics have been allegedly threatened by a knife-wielding man near Cessnock on Monday.
The emergency services personnel were called to a property on Johnson Avenue, Weston, about 9.35am on 2 December to treat a male for a medical episode.
While attempting to tend to him, the 53-year-old brandished a knife at them.
Thankfully, no one was injured in the incident.
Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District arrested the man, who was taken to Cessnock Police Station.
He has been charged with armed with intent commit indictable offence and assault frontline health worker-no actual bodily harm.
He was refused bail to appear before Cessnock Local Court on Tuesday 3 December.
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