Those put behind bars also included a shoplifter who threatened to stab store staff, serial stalker, drug dealers, burglars and a rogue builder who emptied a 90-year-old’s bank account to pay for work that did not need doing …
9. Joseph Delaney
The 45-year-old was sentenced to 43 months after admitting his role in a violent burglary in Northampton, in which homeowners were threatened with a crowbar. According to police Delaney, of Mere Lane, Lutterworth, was part of a gang that targeted an address in Whitesands Way in October 2025. He was arrested two months later after a routine traffic stop. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
10. Danny George Quinn, Danny Jo Quinn
Rogue builder Danny Quinn, 40, emptied an elderly man’s bank account, taking more than £10,000 for non-existent roof repairs, Quinn, 40, of Cransley Road, Loddington and his son Danny Jo, 19, of Sandyford, Staffs knocked on the 90-year-old’s door in March 2025 offering to fix cracked tiles — then revisited the property in Derbyshire more than 10 times over a three-month period. Danny George Quinn was sentenced to three years, four months in prison and Danny Jo Quinn to nine months in a young offenders’ institute. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
11. Jordan Straus, Valentino Netecza
The burglars targeted luxury properties to steal from but were rumbled after break-ins at two homes in Brampton Ash on the Northamptonshire border in February 2026. Straus, 45, of no fixed abode, and 24-year-old Netecza, of Arncliffe Drive, Milton Keynes, also admitted charges relating to incidents at homes in villages in Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire. They were both sentenced to 38 months. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
12. Barron Madziva
The 27-year-old was jailed for three years for four counts of possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to supply following a raid at his flat in Balfour Road, Northampton, during March 2026. Photo: Northamptonshire Police