"I left Sheffield to escape this": Seaside resident’s horror after armed police incident

A resident of a quiet street in Chapel St. Leonards has revealed they Sheffield to ‘escape this sort of thing’, after a police incident.
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Armed police were called to a bungalow in Wilton Avenue, Chapel St Leonards, on Sunday March 1.

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They arrested a man on suspicion of threatening behaviour.

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Residents told Lincolnshire Live that they saw armed police enter the property, and that officers had attended a disturbance at the same premises the previous week.

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One resident told a reporter: “I left Sheffield to escape this sort of thing!"

A police spokesman told the newspaper: "A 60-year-old man was arrested in Wilton Avenue at 6pm for threatening behaviour.

"He has been released with no further action.”