A 20-year-old man will face court next month, charged with damaging a toilet block in an explosion at Lake Macquarie last week.
Police allege he stole aerosol cans from a supermarket at The Junction last Tuesday night, before using them to set fire to the diasbled toilets at Redhead Beach.
The explosion caused around $20,000 in damage.
Officers attended a home at Windale yesterday morning, where they arrested the 20-year-old.
He’s been charged with maliciously damaging property and shoplifting, and is due to appear in Belmont Local Court on August 24.