Man arrested and charged with violent offences in Sussex
He was wanted on suspicion of a series of violent incidents.
Police have arrested and charged a man who was wanted on suspicion of a series of violent incidents in Crawley and Brighton.
Jordan Charles, aged 23, was arrested in London yesterday (4 November) and has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm (GBH), actual bodily harm (ABH) and assault by battery on 29 May, and possession of a firearm.
He is due to appear in custody at Crawley Magistrates Court today (5 November).
Sussex Police has said he will also face the court over six court warrants that had previously been issued for his arrest.
They relate to:
- Robbery on 30 December, 2019, and witness intimidation in March, 2019
- Threatening a person with a blade in a public place, assault by beating of an emergency worker, common assault on an emergency worker, and racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm and distress, all on 17 August, 2019
- GBH, affray and possession of an offensive weapon on 7 September, 2019
- Criminal damage, possessing an offensive weapon and ABH on 8 December, 2019
- GBH, two cases of ABH, affray, and assault on an emergency worker on 13 March this year; robbery on 30 December, 2018, and witness intimidation in March, 2019
- Threatening a person with a blade in a public place, assault by beating of an emergency worker, common assault on an emergency worker, and racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm and distress, all on 17 August, 2019
- GBH in 2020 while on a train.