Man to appear in court following alleged Crookes golf club car-smashing spree
A Sheffield man appeared in court after alleged tea-time rampage damaged multiple cars in Crookes
A man has been charged following reports of criminal damage to a number of vehicles in a Sheffield suburb.
South Yorkshire Police said officers were called to reports of criminal damage at 5.47pm on Wednesday, June 17 in Crookes.
Following enquiries, 56-year-old Mohammed Arshad, of Forres Road, Sheffield, was arrested.
A South Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “We were called to reports of criminal damage in Crookes at 5.47pm on Wednesday (17 June) and arrested 56-year-old Mohammed Arshad.”
Police say Arshad has since been charged with two counts of threatening a person with an offensive weapon, seven counts of criminal damage to property valued under £5,000 and one count of assaulting a police constable.
He has been remanded into custody and appeared before Sheffield Magistrates' Court today (June 19).
The charges follow reports that multiple vehicles were damaged in the Crookes area during the early evening of June 17.
Residents reported seeing cars with smashed windows and damaged windscreens on Forres Road and Carson Road shortly before 6pm.
One resident said a hole had been smashed through his windscreen, while others reported rear and side windows being shattered.
Locals said police informed them that 23 vehicles may had been damaged during the incident.
South Yorkshire Police said enquiries remain ongoing.