UPDATED: The young child who died while trapped inside a burning home in Alice Springs on Thursday morning was just three-years-old, it has been revealed, in a scene that has rattled first responders in the town.


UPDATED: The young child who died while trapped inside a burning home in Alice Springs on Thursday morning was just three-years-old, it has been revealed, in a scene that has rattled first responders in the town.

A 16-year-old girl has been charged with multiple traffic offences after allegedly stealing a car from Darwin and crashing it into the Palmerston Shopping Centre, NT Police said.

The man who allegedly assaulted a baby, requiring the infant to be flown to Adelaide for emergency medical treatment on Sunday, was on a suspended sentence for previously breaking his partner’s jaw, court records show.

A 32-year-old man who allegedly assaulted three homeless people in Katherine last year had his Girraween home raided yesterday, where police found a live crocodile and an illegal firearm.

UPDATED: NT Police confirmed they are investigating the assault of a woman in Ali Curung last night after she was reportedly found in bushland with her injuries to her legs and head.

Three youths have been identified and charged after allegedly assaulting a bus driver on Sunday evening and attempting to rob him, NT Police said, while identifying two of the children as also allegedly being involved in other crimes the day before.

Veteran police officer Nathan Finn has been declared the new president of the Northern Territory Police Association amid NT Police battling critical staffing and morale issues, and the fall out from the leadership of former police commissioner Jamie Chalker.

A 29-year-old man, who was extradited from Queensland last month, has been charged with murder over the suspicious disappearance of Darwin man Tony Rowe in May last year, after yet-to-be identified human remains were found late last week, NT Police said.

NT Police are seeking the public’s assistance for information about two vehicles they believe are connected to the disappearance of 30-year-old Angie Fuller in January this year.

A 37-year-old man armed with knuckle dusters and a knife in public has been arrested after allegedly “making threats and behaving erratically” in Alice Springs last night, NT Police said.

A 39-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly hit a relative with a car during a “violent altercation” involving family members at a Kakadu Outstation on Monday, NT Police said.

A 28-year-old man who police allege fired a gun during a Katherine home invasion this week has been arrested, NT Police said, but conceded they still have not found the firearm.