A former “distinguished” senior traffic officer has been heavily fined but escaped conviction after instructing his son, who recorded a positive breath test, to drive away from a crash scene, enabling him to evade a drug test despite suspicions he was under the influence of drugs.
NT Police are investigating the death of an infant allegedly found inside a parked vehicle in a Palmerston driveway on Friday afternoon.
A 33-year-old man has now been charged with murder in connection to the suspicious highway death of a 27-year-old Queensland woman, who he claimed had “stopped breathing” after their vehicle struck a kangaroo, which the NT Police said they have found no evidence to substantiate.
Sex crimes detectives have arrested and charged a 20-year-old male with gross indecency of a child under 14, in connection to a sexual assault that occurred in Anula early Saturday morning when a girl was allegedly assaulted while sleeping in her bed.
The 138 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Friday, April 10, 2026. This list includes all the charges.
Twenty per cent of motorists specifically tested for drugs at checkpoints as part of last weekend’s Easter road safety campaign were found to be under the influence, NT Police said, in an alarming result of a small sample size.
UPDATED: The death of a woman who reportedly stopped breathing after the vehicle she was in “allegedly” struck a kangaroo near the Barkly Homestead Sunday morning is being treated as suspicious, NT Police said, with more information provided on Wednesday as police continue to call for the public’s help.
Nine people have been arrested in Alice Springs after two separate incidents in which four males, including one armed with an edged weapon, broke into a house and five males, armed with edged weapons and metal poles, broke into a caravan, threatening residents and stealing car keys in both cases, NT Police said.
The 234 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Tursday, April 09, 2026. This list includes all the charges.
NT Police sex crimes detectives are searching for a “middle-aged man” who allegedly broke into an Anula home and indecently assaulted a girl under 15 while she slept in her bed early Saturday morning.
Up to four youths remain on the run after allegedly attempting to break into a home and assaulting a 50-year-old man, leaving him with a serious hand injury, NT Police said.
A man has been arrested after a 19-year-old died after being stabbed Katherine, and another man with a stab wound was flown to Darwin for treatment overnight, NT Police said.
