Michael Paul Charles Hurley, 19, was refused bail in court after he was arrested by the Mount Druitt crime squad in Sydney on Tuesday morning, following extensive investigations by local police.

Hurley is accused of wielding a knife while threatening a man and demanding money, after forcing his way into a home on Woodbry Crescent in Oxley Vale in the early hours of November 8.

Police claim Hurley stole a Kia Seltos from the man before fleeing with a small cash stash.

A crime scene was set up and detectives combed the scene for clues before discovering the allegedly stolen car just two hours later on Macgregor Street in West Tamworth.

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Tireless investigation work led Oxley officers to zero in on Hurley and contact the Mount Druitt criminal investigation team.

Police said Hurley, from Narrabri, was arrested at a home in the Mount Druitt area on Tuesday morning and taken to Mount Druitt Police Station.

He was charged with aggravated break and enter and commit an offence while armed.

A second count of that same allegation was levelled against him in connection to a separate alleged break-in on Petra Avenue in Tamworth on November 2.

Hurley was refused bail in Mount Druitt Local Court after his arrest and will spend Christmas behind bars before his matters are next called in Tamworth Local Court in March next year.

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