Here we take a look at some of the criminals locked up during the first third of the year.
All of the information below comes from either Sussex Police or our reporters attending court in person.
29. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between January and April
Sussex Police jailed a prolific bicycle thief for 15 months after he was caught taking property at Gatwick Airport. Police said Max Huggett, 30, was captured on CCTV cameras looking at bicycles locked in a shed near the South Terminal on January 23 this year. The owner of the bicycle had left it there and returned to find it had been taken. But security workers at Gatwick Airport were able to find footage of Huggett on CCTV taking the item at 5.45pm. Sussex Police officers from Gatwick’s Divisional Intelligence Unit were able to identify Huggett, formerly of Colman Way, Redhill, Surrey, now of HMP Lewes, as he was previously given a suspended sentence for similar theft offences at the airport. Huggett’s address was searched and clothing was found which matched the clothes he was seen wearing on the CCTV. Detectives at Gatwick CID then worked to ensure a charge could be brought against him. At Lewes Crown Court on March 4, Huggett admitted breaching a suspended sentence order, and theft of a pedal cycle. Photo: Sussex Police
30. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between January and April
A drug dealer who ran a County Line between London and Hastings has been jailed for more than four years. Robert Gregory, 31, of Tower Mill Road, London, was convicted following a joint operation by Sussex Police’s Project ADDER team and Met Police’s Op Orochi team. Sussex Police became aware of a County Drugs Line operating in Hastings in October 2021. County Lines is the name given to drug dealing where organised criminal groups use phone lines to move and supply drugs, usually from cities into other areas. Gregory was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine. Gregory was charged and pleaded guilty to both offences, said police. He was sentenced to 54 months’ imprisonment on February 24. Photo: Sussex Police
31. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between January and April
A concerned neighbour called the police and went to help an injured woman in distress in Baden Road, Brighton, shortly after 7.30am on September 26 last year. Officers from Sussex Police’s Tactical Firearms Unit and divisional officers from Brighton and Hove arrested 56-year-old David Keville, AKA David Alexander, at the scene. Following a thorough investigation by officers from Brighton Safeguarding Investigations Unit, Keville was charged with wounding with intent, contrary to Section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act. At Chichester Crown Court on March 10 he stood trial and was found not guilty by a jury of wounding with intent, but he was found guilty of wounding without intent contrary to Section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act. Keville, of Baden Road, Brighton, also pleaded guilty to production of a class B drug (cannabis). He was sentenced to two years in prison for the assault on September 26 last year, while no separate penalty was imposed for the drug offence. Photo: Sussex Police
32. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between January and April
Sandijs Dreimanis was jailed for six months on March 11 following a shooting at Crawley College which sparked a significant police response on 26 April last year. A spontaneous firearms incident was declared by Sussex Police, and immediate support was sought from neighbouring forces including Surrey, the Met, Kent, Hampshire, Thames Valley, British Transport Police and wider national colleagues. A few minutes later, police were informed the suspect had been detained. After hearing gun shots and seeing students flee from the campus, a lecturer and member of support staff pursued the defendant and challenged him – even after he turned around, raised his right arm and discharged a firearm directly towards them. Together, they managed to disarm the 18-year-old of a gun – later confirmed to be a blank-firing imitation firearm – and a knife. They were assisted by further staff until officers arrived to arrest him shortly afterwards. Photo: Sussex Police