Man arrested following threatening behaviour in Stoke-on-Trent

We’ve made an arrest following reports of a man making threats with a box-cutting knife in Stoke-on-Trent.

We were called just before 8.15pm on Monday 5 August to reports of a man threatening customers with a small knife at McDonald’s on Parliament Row, Hanley.

No-one was reported injured.

We searched a man in the area who was found in possession of a Stanley knife and a pair of scissors.

A 34-year-old man, from Stoke-on-Trent, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a knife in a public place and affray.

He has since been released under investigation while enquiries continue.

Anyone with information or CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage of the area at the time that can help with our investigation in encouraged to get in touch.

You can call us on 101, quoting incident number 589 of 5 August, or message us via Live Chat on our website.

To make an anonymous report, you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.