{"id":170752,"date":"2026-04-20T12:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/170752\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:20:10","slug":"reading-fc-vs-cardiff-city-two-men-charged-and-arrests-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/170752\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading FC vs Cardiff City: two men charged and arrests made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Gareth Whitehouse, 41, from Lee, Cardiff, has been charged with one count of a public order offence.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Officers intervened on Greyfriars Road after Whitehouse allegedly attempted to engage in disorder.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Lewis Campbell-Williams, 20, of Lenham Road, Headcorn, Kent, was also charged on April 19 with possession of a bladed article and theft from a shop after being arrested at the stadium.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Both have been released on bail and are due to appear separately at Reading Magistrates\u2019 Court on June 3.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A 15-year-old boy from Reading and a 17-year-old boy from Croydon were arrested on suspicion of breaching a Section 34 dispersal order put in place for the match.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A child protection referral has been made and safeguarding measures are now in place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  During the operation, officers also arrested a 17-year-old boy from Reading in connection with an ongoing rape investigation unrelated to the football match.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He has since been released on police bail while enquiries continue.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readingchronicle.co.uk\/news\/26034826.police-respond-large-crowds-reading-v-cardiff-game\/?ref=ed_latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Police respond to large crowds for Reading V Cardiff game<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  PC Steve Mountain, dedicated football officer for Reading FC, said: &#8220;We would like to thank members of the public for their cooperation while the Section 35 dispersal orders were in place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The dispersal orders were enacted as a preventative measure to help ensure the safety of fans and local communities in the area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Following Saturday afternoon\u2019s fixture, officers made a number of arrests and charges.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readingchronicle.co.uk\/news\/26035310.motorist-caught-camera-53mph-motorway-banned-roads\/?ref=ed_latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Motorist caught by camera at 53mph on motorway is banned from the roads<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This highlights the important role of dedicated football policing operations, including the work of trained football spotters, who help identify individuals of concern and support a safe and enjoyable environment for the vast majority of supporters.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gareth Whitehouse, 41, from Lee, Cardiff, has been charged with one count of a public order offence. Officers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-170752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}