A MAN has been charged following reports of criminal damage to parked vehicles and 'possessing a knife blade' in Keswick.

Officers received a report at around 1pm yesterday, April 25, of tyres being damaged in the car park on Lake Road and in a supermarket car park on Tithebarn Street, Keswick.

Roland Armstrong, 65, of Margaret Creighton Gardens, Carlisle, has been charged with three counts of criminal damage and possessing a knife blade in a public place.

He is to appear at North and West Magistrates on May 10.