Police chase 'man with baseball bat' through Sheffield city centre

Police gave chase to a man armed with a baseball bat through Sheffield city centre in the early hours of this morning.
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South Yorkshire Police’s Special Constabulary force hared a picture of the confiscated bat and tweeted that ‘one male was in possession of this bat shortly after 4am’ and added that he had been ‘watched by CCTV’.

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They added that special constables attended and ‘after a foot chase the male was arrested for offensive weapon.’

The team also urged anyone coming to Sheffield for a night out to ‘remember to play nice’.