A TEENAGER armed with a set of garden shears threatened three people, police said.
The youth, who was carrying the shears over his shoulder approached two brothers in Guisborough, east Cleveland, at 10.15am yesterday.
He demanded money from the men, both aged in their forties, as they walked along Brocklow Road, opposite the Jet garage. They refused and the youth, believed to be in his mid-teens, walked off but approached a woman, in her fifties or sixties, and again demanded money.
She also refused but did give him a cigarette.
He then disappeared through a cut near the Catholic church in Oak Road.
He is described as 5ft 6in with dark spiky hair and wore a dark jacket with a hood and jeans.
His appearance was described as scruffy.
Anyone who has any information about the incidents or the youth is asked to call Detective Constable Gail Sutherland at Redcar CID on (01642) 302626 or Crimestoppers on (0800) 555111.
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