Police were still searching for a 34-year-old man on Saturday morning after he fled into bushland at Boat Harbour near Anna Bay on Friday afternoon.
A 32-year-old woman has been charged in the meantime, and the state's Robbery and Serious Crime squad has reportedly been called in to assist in the investigation, but police have made limited comment on the circumstances surrounding the presence at Port Stephens on August 4 and 5.