These are some of the most serious, high profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the sixth month of 2025.
All information comes directly from Sussex Police.
17. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in June 2025
A drug dealer who was found in possession of drugs in Stone Cross has been sentenced. Thomas Powell, 29, of Wooller Street, Willingdon, has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison for intent to supply Class A drugs. An additional three-month sentence for possession of criminal property (cash) will run concurrently. The investigation began after members of the public reported suspected drug dealing in the car park of a church in Stone Cross, Pevensey. Acting on this information, officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Team carried out checks and detained Powell on April 24 under the Misuse of Drugs Act. A small quantity of drugs was discovered in the vehicle he was using. Powell was arrested, and further searches were subsequently carried out. These searches uncovered a larger quantity of cocaine, believed to have an estimated street value of between £30,000 to £50,000. Powell was charged and remanded, he later pleaded guilty at court. He was sentenced on May 23 at Lewes Crown Court. Photo: Sussex Police
18. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in June 2025
A man has been jailed for six months after breaching a restraining order. Craig Bryden had been issued with an order not to contact the victim in Peacehaven. But two months after it was issued, the 32-year-old attended the address, prompting a police search in the area. During the search, Hox, a six-year-old German Shepherd Police Dog, caught up to Bryden, who tried to evade arrest and punched the dog in the face. He continued to run away, but dauntless Hox persevered with the chase alongside handler PC Gareth Evers. Bryden then assaulted PC Evers and kicked PD Hox in the head, but he was safely detained and arrested on suspicion of breaching a restraining order, assaulting an emergency worker, and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. Bryden, of Westbourne Villas, Hove, was charged with the offences and appeared for sentence before Lewes Crown Court on May 19. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment and was ordered to pay £154 in costs. Bryden was also charged with causing grievous bodily harm in relation to the reported assault but was later found not guilty. The court was told how the incident happened in the early hours of December 5 last year, with officers responding to a report of an assault. Photo: Sussex Police