Man arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after police are called to South Shields street
A man has been arrested after reports of criminal damage and aggressive behaviour towards staff at a South Shields store.
Police were called to the Dean Road area yesterday evening, Thursday, July 21, after claims that a drunken man had entered the store and damaged a plastic screen.
He was also reportedly seen walking in front of passing traffic outside.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson confirmed one man had been arrested: “Shortly before 7.20pm yesterday (Thursday) police received a report an intoxicated man had entered a shop on Dean Road, where he began acting in an aggressive manner inside the premises and damaging a Perspex screen.
“It was also reported that when he left the shop, he began walking in front of passing vehicles on the road.
“Officers attended and a 39-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and drunk and disorderly behaviour.
"He remains in custody at this time.”