Crime

A 25-year-old man is today starting a lengthy jail term after being sentenced for blackmail, possessing a firearm and assault.

A van driver chased down a motorcyclist on-foot, with a hockey stick in-hand, and made threats to kill him in Northampton.

A 29-year-old has been charged after a number of people suffered irritation to the face after being sprayed with an "unknown substance" at Currys PC World in Kettering.

Two Wellingborough men have been charged with drugs and weapons offences following their after driving away from police officers.

The following people have been sentenced at magistrates courts in the county:

A Kettering woman is on the run after failing to turn up at court.

A decorative window was stolen from an unused heritage site in Rushden.

A man with links to Kettering is on the run after failing to turn up at court.

Two men caught on CCTV stealing tools from a Wellingborough depot are wanted by police.

A man was hit and robbed as he walked home in Kettering.

An elderly woman in Barton Seagrave was the victim of a distraction burglary in which two men falsely claimed to be from the council.

A woman posed as a police liaison officer in an attempt to gain security details from a Kettering shop.

A man’s car keys were taken from his vehicle following a collision in Headlands, Northampton.