Here we take a look at some of the criminals locked up during the summer of 2022.
All of the information below comes from either Sussex Police or our reporters attending court in person.
25. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A speeding motorist has been jailed after he was found with drugs stashed in his vehicle. Officers from the Specialist Enforcement Unit were on patrol on the A27 at Worthing when they spotted a blue Proton Savvy travelling at excess speed at about 8.45pm on May 15. When the vehicle was stopped, officers noted a strong smell of cannabis and searched the driver, Marion Tomaszewski. They found he had a small amount of white powder in his wallet which was tested as amphetamine and a lock knife in his trouser pocket. A further search of his vehicle found him in possession of ten wraps of cocaine, wrapped in lottery tickets, seven wraps of amphetamines in an old Strepsils tin, seven bags of cannabis in an old whisky tin, 19 MDMA pills, and a green tin containing five cannabis joints. Officers also seized “burner” mobile phones that Tomaszewski used to make drug deals. Tomaszewski, 58, formerly of Fetherston Road, Lancing, was charged with possessing cocaine, amphetamine, MDMA and cannabis all with intent to supply. Photo: Sussex Police
26. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A man from Hastings has been sentenced to more than five-and-a-half years in prison following a number of drug raids across East Sussex and London in May. Tonderai Magaya, 23, of Norcross Close, Hastings, was sentenced to 56-months in prison and a further suspended sentence was reactivated for 12-months, which he will serve consecutively at Lewes Crown Court. He also received a forfeiture and destruction order for drugs seized, paraphernalia, and mobile phones and will also pay a victim surcharge of £156. Magaya was arrested on Wednesday, May 4, at his home address, charged with concerned in supply of cocaine and pleaded guilty at Hastings Magistrates Court the following day. This was part of a series of dawn raids at addresses in Eastbourne, Hastings and London. Sussex Police, supported by London's Metropolitan Police and Surrey Police, led the execution of 19 drugs warrants, resulting in 18 arrests on suspicion of involvement in the supply of Class A drugs. Photo: Sussex Police
27. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced over sexual offences against a teenage boy in Horsham in the 1990s, Sussex Police have said. Police said Father Anthony White, 64, now of Cross-In-Hand, Heathfield, was sentenced at Hove Crown Court on Friday, June 10. Police said White had been convicted at Chichester Crown Court on April 1 of two offences of indecent assault and another of a serious sexual offence against a boy in the 1990s, while he was an Assistant Priest at St John’s Church. A police spokesperson said White was sentenced to 10 years and six months for the serious sexual offence, and five years for each offence of indecent assault, to run concurrently. Photo: Sussex Police
28. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
Peter Jonas has been jailed for more than two years after assaulting and repeatedly harassing a woman. Jonas turned up at the workplace of the woman, who is known to him, on March 26 2022 and confronted a number of her colleagues. He then damaged her car with his motorcycle helmet and threatened to set fire to it. Later that evening, he turned up at her address in West Sussex and let himself in. After being told to leave, he threw a set of keys at the victim, causing a cut to her head. He also punched the TV, causing a crack to the screen. Police were called and Jonas, 34, was arrested at his home in Brougham Road, Worthing. He was released on bail with conditions not to contact the victim directly or indirectly. However, on April 1, he again attended the woman’s address – which was in breach of his bail conditions – and threatened another man who was present. Officers responded to the scene and Jonas was further arrested. He was charged with assault and harassment, and pleaded guilty to both offences. Photo: Sussex Police