NT Police are investigating after four Alice Springs properties were broken into overnight and are also looking for information relating to a stolen car allegedly used to target a taxi.
Elderly woman ‘bumped’ before handbag stolen in Alice Springs car park
An 85-year-old woman was first “bumped” by a member of a group of four adults, and then had her handbag stolen by the same person, in an Alice Springs car park on Friday, NT Police said.
Aboriginal Art Gallery downsized in CLP’s new Alice Springs Anzac Oval masterplan
The CLP Government has released a new masterplan for the ANZAC Oval Precinct in Alice Springs, which will see the proposed and long-delayed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of Australia reduced in size from previous designs to save on costs, with the oval to be reinstated as a rugby field.
Hundreds of meters of copper wire stolen in Alice Springs
Telecommunications in Alice Springs have been disrupted numerous times by the theft of hundreds of metres of copper wire since April, with NT Police asking the public to help them catch the perpetrators.
Police announce 16 extra officers for Alice Springs over summer
Fourteen constables and two senior officers will be sent to Alice Springs until the end of the school holidays in January in response to an increase in crime, Commander James Gray-Spence has said, a move that involves “high visibility” policing which Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro seemingly ordered for the Territory after she came to power.
Research facility staffer charged over deaths of dozens of cattle
A 55-year-old former government employee at a research facility south of Alice Springs has been charged with animal cruelty offences after 71 cattle were found deceased or dying at the facility in 2023, NT Police said.
Multiple arrests after weekend of crime in Alice Springs
Seven youths have been arrested in relation to a series of car thefts over the weekend in Alice Springs as part of Operation Archer, NT Police said, an operation designed to provide police with “additional capability” to crackdown on stolen vehicles and attacks on police.
CLP commits $27 million for ‘critical’ Alice Springs infrastructure upgrades
A memorandum of understanding between the CLP Government and Alice Springs Town Council will see $27 million worth of infrastructure projects flow to the town, the Chief Minister said.
Multiple stolen vehicles, burglaries in Alice Springs under investigation
A group of armed offenders allegedly involved in a series of burglaries and car thefts from various Alice Springs homes over the weekend, that saw them driving stolen vehicles dangerously around the town while throwing rocks out of the windows, avoided arrest and are still at large, NT Police said.
Two Alice Springs escapees turn themselves in
The “extensive” manhunt for two young offenders who escaped the Alice Springs youth prison on Tuesday has ended after the pair turned themselves in to police with the support of their families on Wednesday night, the Corrections Commissioner said.
Two escape from Alice Springs youth jail in midst of prison overcrowding crisis
Two 17-year-olds escaped from the Alice Springs youth jail overnight, and are still on the run, with the escape coming in the middle of a prison overcrowding crisis where the youths were set to be moved to Darwin to serve their time.
Two youths steal woman’s electric scooter
A woman’s electric scooter was stolen late at night in Alice Springs by two male youths who blocked her path, hit her on the wrist and pulled it away from her, NT Police said.