A suspected sweet thief has been arrested after allegedly returning to smash a shop window with a brick.

Officers located and detained a man after a disturbance at a service station in Boxley Road, Maidstone.

Police were called to the premises at 2.50pm last Thursday (June 20).

It is reported a person had stolen items, which included sweets.

After being challenged by staff and leaving, they reportedly returned a short time later and damaged a door window with a brick.

Officers carried out a search of the area and by 3.15pm they had arrested Keane Rogers.

The 38-year-old, of Waterloo Street, Maidstone was charged with theft and causing criminal damage.

He has been bailed, with conditions, to attend Medway Magistrates’ Court on Friday, July 12.