A 30-year-old man has been charged with threatening another man with a knife, during an incident in Haydon Bridge, on Sunday morning.
Nico Nicoletti, of Shaftoe Street, Haydon Bridge, was charged with threatening a person with a bladed article in a public place, following a verbal altercation on Shaftoe Street.
Nicoletti is due to appear at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court on March 21.
Police confirmed they received a report that a man had been threatened with a knife, following a verbal altercation, at 11.15am on Sunday. Nobody was injured during the incident.
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