Dear Resident

A man has been charged with going equipped for theft and possession of an offensive weapon after being stopped by officers in Rickmansworth.

Officers on patrol spotted a man acting suspiciously on Chorleywood Road around midday on Friday 12 April. He was stopped, searched and found to be in possession of a screwdriver.

Lee Burnage, aged 50, of Berkeley Gardens, London, was subsequently charged and is due to appear at St Albans Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 30 April. 

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