Police have charged a 45-year-old Gungahlin man with a range of serious offences including threat to kill and animal cruelty following an incident in Charnwood yesterday afternoon.

Police will allege that about 3.25pm, the alleged offender attended Small Place and had a verbal altercation with a man. During this altercation, the alleged offender is believed to have produced a knife and threatened to kill the man.

Police said "The alleged offender is then believed to have engaged in a physical altercation with a woman at a residence on Small Place, during which time the offender is alleged to have assaulted and threatened to kill the woman".

Police further allege that during this altercation, the offender has stabbed two dogs at the premises, while also sustaining bite wounds from the dogs. The man has then fled the scene.

The alleged offender was subsequently arrested about 5.30pm at a residence in Gungahlin.

The alleged offender is now in hospital under police guard and is expected to face court charged with possess offensive weapon with intent, intentionally threat to kill a person x2, common assault, choke another person, damage property and aggravated animal cruelty cause serious injury x2.