A BEDWORTH boy has been charged with public possession of a blade.
The 17-year-old boy from Bulkington has been charged following an incident on March 16.
Officers were alerted by a member of the public to a young boy allegedly brandishing a knife in Bedworth town centre.
Town Centre Officer PC Shorthouse found the boy on Newtown Road and reportedly discovered a knife on their person.
They were arrested shortly afterwards.
The boy from Bulkington will appear for their first hearing in Coventry Magistrates Court on Thursday, March 28.