A man was spotted carrying what was believed to gun outside a newsagents.
Police were called on to reports of a man with a firearm outside of a newsagents in London Road, Bexhill yesterday.
Anton Johnson, 24, a company director of Quarry Hill, St Leonards has been charged with possession of an imitation firearm and assault by beating
He is due to appear in Brighton Magistrates Court on today.
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