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# Police charge man with weapon and theft offences
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/police-charge-man-with-weapon-and-theft-offences/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:42:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T16:42:54.000Z
- Description: Individual held after officers responded to reports of man trying to leave shop without paying.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Tamworth

A MAN has been charged with weapon and theft offences in Tamworth.

Riyen Lea, 39, of no fixed address, has been charged with possession of a knife blade or sharp pointed article in a public place, theft from a shop and failing to comply with a community protection notice.

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It comes after officers responded to a report of a man who had tried to leave a shop on Elmhurst Drive without paying for goods.

His bag was searched, where items relating to a reported theft from another store were found, along with a lock razor.

Lea is due to appear at the North Staffordshire Justice Centre today (19th October).

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