Officers in Maidstone have arrested a man following a series of alleged knife offences in one evening.
Kent Police was called to several incidents on Wednesday 12 July 2023, which started at around 9.40pm when a man was reported to have stolen alcohol from a Morrisons supermarket off Sutton Road and threatened a security guard with a knife.
Over the next hour, police were called to further incidents nearby where a man was seen armed and making threats. This included an incident in Furfield Close, where it is alleged a victim was threatened with a knife during an attempt to steal his vehicle.
Local patrols attended and at around 10.40pm the suspect was located in a residential garden and arrested. A knife was also seized.
On Friday 14 July, a 50-year-old man from Folkestone was charged with nine offences:
- Possessing a knife in public place
- Threats to kill
- Attempted robbery
- Threatening a person with a knife
- Assault occasioning actual bodily harm
- Theft
- Affray
- Driving whilst disqualified
- Driving without insurance
He was remanded to appear before Medway Magistrates’ Court, on the same day.