An Alice Springs man allegedly assaulted a police officer while being arrested over allegedly driving dangerously while drunk, NT Police said, after he was tracked by a drone.
Alice Springs town council by-election contenders separated by 17 votes
The by-election for a new Alice Springs town councillor has come down to two candidates separated by only 17 votes after preliminary counting over the weekend, with the NT Electoral Commission saying the winner may not be made official until November 11.
$100 note with Steve Irwin’s face on it could be making rounds at Alice Springs businesses: Police
NT Police are warning Alice Springs business owners to watch out for people trying to pass off fake $100 notes that have Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and Alf from Home and Away on them, after the funny money was stolen overnight Monday.
Woman sexually assaulted in Alice Springs, police call for witnesses
NT Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Alice Springs.
Fyles Government announces crime action plan for Alice Springs
The Fyles Government has announced a “co-ordinated approach” to tackle the ongoing Alice Springs crime crisis after years of repeated cries for help from the community.
Police probing bikie gang’s alleged ‘disturbances’ during Darwin visit
NT Police are calling for witnesses to an alleged “number of disturbances” at bars in the Darwin CBD Friday night, allegedly caused by the Mongols Motorcycle Club whose members are in town for its national run.
Tennant Creek Post Office franchisee sentenced to four and a half years for $425,000 theft, money laundering
Former Tennant Creek Post Office manager Rebecca Liebelt has been sentenced in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to four and half years jail, suspended after six months when she will go into home detention, after pleading guilty to stealing more than $425,000 from Australia Post.
Fyles announces measures to ‘protect victims and businesses from crime’
The Fyles Government will give security guards and other employees the power to issue trespass orders, and remove the ‘second chance’ warning for people who breach a trespass order, in a week the government shut down an Opposition motion to censure Police Minister Kate Worden over what they said are her ongoing failures to manage out-of-control crime in the Territory and the ongoing “police crisis”.
Labor MLA accuses NT Police top brass of spying on members
Labor MLA Mark Turner has used parliamentary privilege to suggest the NT Police executive is secretly recording police officers and staff at stations and in their patrol cars, adding that if proven “the attrition rates would further climb”.
Woman charged over fatal crash near Yulara
A 21-year-old woman has been charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a passenger following a fatal crash near Yulara on Friday.
Crime crisis consumes Parliament as censure motion shut down, CLP rules out federal inquiry
Parliament’s Question Time was cut short Tuesday when the Opposition again moved to censure Police Minister Kate Worden over what they said are her ongoing failures to manage out-of-control crime in the Territory and the ongoing “police crisis”.
Alleged Mongols bikie boss arrested, police warn about gang members on bikes being hard to see
Police have launched Operation Lune to monitor the activities of members of the Mongols motorbike gang who are gathering in Alice Springs in preparation for their national run, while the alleged national president of the gang was arrested in Darwin Tuesday morning the media has reported.