Thomas Keenan, 24, from Walsall, was traced by his van registration and phone signal after 750 metres of copper cabling worth £4,000 was taken from the BT telephone exchange in Porthmadog.
Former PC Paul Chadwick, jailed for misconduct in public office, has been dismissed at a hearing in Cwmbran and will be placed on the College of Policing's Barred List.
Mohangopi Tadiboyina, 30, attacked a woman walking alone on Kings Road at night in October 2024. He was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after being found guilty of attempted rape and sexual assault.
Tyler Parker, 18, was already serving a detention and training order when he was caught with the blade on Hafod-y-Mynydd.
Mark Curle, 26, told a judge he did not want his sentencing delayed for a probation report, and was jailed for two years and three months for cocaine supply.
Warren Turnbull, 46, admitted 15 shop thefts across Cwmbran committed while he was already under a suspended sentence. Gwent Police say his offending was driven by a "chaotic lifestyle".
Barrie Wilks blocked his neighbour's cameras, made menacing faces into her CCTV while holding a hammer and painted her fence green while under a restraining order. A judge said he seemed determined to make her life a misery.
Christian Ambrosen, 36, strangled, headbutted and bit his former partner and threatened to kill her and her young son. He was on licence at the time and has been jailed for two years and nine months.
Stephen Jones, 55, was sentenced to five years and three months at Cardiff Crown Court after a jury convicted him of rape and assault by penetration in July.
Harry Williams was locked up for 836 days at Mold Crown Court after a spree in Rhosllanerchrugog that ended when a taxi owner spotted his stolen Renault Trafic near his daughter's house.
Phillip Heeley was told by a judge he was a "danger and a nuisance" to his community as she jailed him for 13 months at Caernarfon Crown Court.
Liam Hobbs, 27, of Ely, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after a jury convicted him of assault by penetration, having already admitted possessing indecent images of children.