A man who was charged with trying to break into a bottle shop allegedly ran at police officers with a large pair of secateurs, NT Police said.


A man who was charged with trying to break into a bottle shop allegedly ran at police officers with a large pair of secateurs, NT Police said.

Two NT Police officers have suffered injuries after an axe was allegedly thrown at a police vehicle in Daly River during chaotic scenes in the community involving a group driving stolen vehicles armed with weapons.

Casuarina Square shopping centre has imposed a 48-hour ban on students from six Darwin senior and middle schools after fighting erupted inside the mall between Wednesday and Friday last week.

A 22-year-old man has been charged over the alleged indecent assault of a young girl – whose age was not given – in an abandoned vehicle in Tennant Creek, NT Police said.

NT Police are investigating the circumstances that led to the suspicious death of a 37-year-old woman who was found in a Casuarina car park on Saturday afternoon.

A man driving nearly 90km/h in a 40km/h zone on an Alice Springs road last Sunday was arrested after failing a roadside breath test, NT Police said, but was too drunk to complete a full breath analysis at the watch house.

The NT Police top brass’s decision to sack long-serving Sergeant Mark Casey for voicing his opinion about Jamie Chalker’s leadership was “unreasonable” and is not in line with the executive’s commitment to improve the health and wellbeing of its members, the union representing police officers has said.

A highly respected NT Police officer with more than 25 years of distinguished service to the Territory has been sacked by the police top brass for daring to criticise Commissioner Jamie Chalker and his executive management team in the NT Independent last year.

NT Police said it has charged a man over an alleged break-in of a Darwin city home in the early hours of the morning where it is alleged he attacked the resident with a knife, causing serious injuries, and who ten days later was arrested using negotiators, and the Territory Response Group.

NT Police are asking for information from the public about three thefts from Beatrice Hill on the Arnhem Hwy this year, with a total of 1200 litres of diesel as well as other items stolen.

Talks between the Fyles Government and the NT Police Association on a new pay deal appear to have broken down, as the union revealed the preliminary findings of its latest member survey that shows a large number of officers are contemplating leaving the NT and the same number support strike action.

NT Police are seeking witnesses after a man lured a child into an abandoned car and indecently assaulted her in Tennant Creek on Monday night.