Man appears in court in connection with Buxton incident
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A man has been charged and appeared in court after an incident in Buxton.
Officers were called to the scene off London Road at around 11.22am on Thursday 5 January.
London Road was closed from the junction with Mosley Road to the Tesco petrol station while we dealt with the incident.
Sam Johnson, 27, of Hardwick Mount, Buxton, has been charged with arson with recklessness as to whether life was endangered, criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon.
He appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court on 7 January and was remanded into custody.