Acting Sergeant Graham Perkins, of Alexandra, said staff arrested a man at Pinders Pond, near Roxburgh, on Sunday evening and charged him with assault on a 4-year-old and a 5-year-old child, possessing an offensive weapon and possession of drugs.
Police opposed bail at the man’s appearance in the Queenstown District Court on Monday.
He was remanded in custody until February 14 when he will appear in the Alexandra District Court.
Police were working with Oranga Tamariki to ensure the children’s safety, Sgt Perkins said.
On Saturday night a man was stopped on his way home from a party at Roxburgh and charged with drink-driving with a breath alcohol level of 600mcg.
Also on Saturday Alexandra and Roxburgh police were called to Lawrence when an altercation between 30 and 40 people spilled from the Coach and Horses Inn into the street.
No arrests were made on the night.
The town had hosted its annual rodeo that day.
A man extracted from a truck in Teviot Rd last Wednesday was making a good recovery in Dunedin Hospital, Mr Perkins said.
It appeared a tyre on his 12-tonne tip truck delaminated and came off the rim, forcing him across the centre line and up against the bank at the side of the road.
Fire crews from Roxburgh, Ettrick and Millers Flat had to cut the man from the cab and he was flown to Dunedin by helicopter.
A disqualified driver was stopped in Alexandra on Sunday and the car they were driving was immediately impounded for 28 days.
It was a reminder that no matter who owned
a vehicle, if a disqualified driver was at the wheel, the vehicle was automatically seized and there were fees to be paid before it could be released after 28 days, Sgt Perkins said.
A convoy of 12 motorhomes travelling over the Lindis Pass was stopped after police received multiple *555 calls about them driving close together at speeds between 60kmh and 90kmh.
It took three Cromwell police patrol cars to pull them over, he said.
The drivers were told why they should not travel together and that they should let other traffic past.
Organised tours of groups of tourists travelling together in motorhomes had recently become more common, Sgt Perkins said.
