These are some of the most serious, high profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the ninth month of 2025.
All information comes directly from Sussex Police.
5. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in September 2025
A prolific shoplifter has been jailed after admitting a string of new retail theft offences. Dylan Hampson targeted Sainsbury’s stores in Goring Road and Littlehampton Road in Worthing. The offences between September 7 and 18 came after he had been given a suspended sentence on September 1. A Criminal Behaviour Order had banned him from entering all Sainsbury’s stores in Sussex. But a week later he was seen on CCTV entering a store to steal 16 packs of meat. At Crawley Magistrates’ Court on September 26 he admitted eight new shoplifting offences and five breaches of a Criminal Behaviour Order. Hampson, 28, of no fixed address, was jailed for eight months. The court was told how new CCTV images showed the shoplifter in breach of the Criminal Behaviour Order imposed on September 1. He has 23 previous convictions for 65 offences, the majority for theft. The order imposed on September 1 prohibited Hampson from entering all Co-op and Sainsbury’s stores in Sussex, and from entering any store where he has been given notice in writing of being banned from entering. The order, which lasts for three years and remains in place, also prohibits him from remaining in any retail store if asked to leave by staff. Photo: Sussex Police
6. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in September 2025
A Littlehampton man who engaged in sexual activity with a teenage girl has been jailed. Police said that George Blackmore, 23, of Arundel Drive in Littlehampton, was 19 at the time of the offending when he developed an inappropriate relationship with a girl under the age of 16. She reported a number of incidents of sexual activity with Blackmore, including an allegation of rape, police added. A spokesperson for Sussex Police said: “Sexual images of the child were found on Blackmore’s devices following his arrest in 2022. Police also received separate reports from a 16-year-old girl around the same period, who alleged Blackmore had engaged in sexual communications with her, including sending sexual videos and images. Both girls were safeguarded and provided specialist support, while Blackmore was charged with rape, two counts of sexual activity with a child and making an indecent photograph of a child, in relation to the victim who was under the age of 16, police added. He was also charged with engaging in sexual communication with a child and causing a child to watch an image of sexual activity, in relation to the 16-year-old." The Sussex Police spokesperson added: “At Hove Crown Court on Thursday, July 24, Blackmore was found guilty of both counts of sexual activity with a child. He was found not guilty of all other charges. At the same court on September 22, he was jailed for three and a half years and given a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, significantly reducing his ability to cause further harm.” Photo: Sussex Police
7. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in September 2025
A drug dealer has been sentenced after being stopped in his vehicle in Worthing. Tyreek Rodney was linked to the supply of class A drugs including crack cocaine and heroin. After being stopped, a search was carried out at an address in Grafton Road, Worthing, where large quantities of the drugs were found. Police found 600 wraps of drugs, white powder rocks, as well as large sums of cash and weapons inside. Rodney, 25, was arrested and admitted two counts of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply, money laundering, and possession of cannabis when before Lewes Crown Court on September 8. The court was told how an incident unfolded on July 9 this year. Officers from the Tactical Firearms Unit and Tactical Enforcement Unit acted on information and concerns that there may have been possible firearm in a vehicle. A Vauxhall Insignia driven by Rodney was safely stopped in Grafton Road, Worthing, but no firearm was found. A search of his address found the large quantities of class A drugs, cash and weapons and he was taken into custody. Rodney, of Grafton Road, Worthing, was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison. Photo: Sussex Police
8. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in September 2025
A drug dealer who was caught on camera has been jailed for two years. Following reports of drug dealing in the Sillwood Road area of Brighton on August 4, officers were able to identify a suspect from footage captured nearby. The next day, Endri Lamaj, 23, of no fixed address was spotted by officers in John Street, Brighton, where he was followed and detained to be searched under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act. Lamaj complied and even offered officers Class A drugs while admitting the offence. Eleven zip bags of cocaine were obtained during the search, and Lamaj was also found in possession of a large quantity of cash. He was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a class A drug and taken to custody. Lamaj was charged with the offence in the early hours of August 6 and appeared at Brighton Magistrates' Court the same day where he was remanded into custody. At his hearing the following month on September 3 at Lewes Crown Court, Lamaj pleaded guilty to the offence, and he was sentenced the same day to two years in prison. Photo: Sussex Police