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.
Coroner rejects calls for other senior officers’ phones to be checked for racist comments
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has rejected calls to seek possible further examples of “systemic racism” in the NT Police force by obtaining a “random sample of cell phones and records” of senior members of the NT Police.
NT Police drop investigation into alleged Mongols ‘disturbances’ citing no witnesses
The NT Police have reportedly dropped their investigation into an alleged assault involving bikies at Monsoon’s in Darwin after failing to secure a witness.
Two more charged with murder over Palmerston driveway death
Two women have been charged with murder in connection to the death of an 18-year-old man who was found unresponsive on a Palmerston driveway earlier this month, bringing the total number of people now charged to four.
Man who sexually assaulted toddler through fence in Karama front yard given suspended sentence
The 23-year-old man convicted of attempted rape involving the sexual assault of a three-year-old boy who was playing in his front yard in Karama last year will be released from prison after being handed a suspended sentence with conditions.
Kids arrested after allegedly stealing car, forcing drivers off the road: Police
Three children aged between 11 and 12 have been arrested after allegedly stealing a car and driving erratically at high speed on the wrong side of the road, forcing other drivers off the road early Friday morning, NT Police said in a statement on Monday.
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.
Woman found dead in northern suburbs waterway
A woman has drowned after being found unresponsive in a body of water near the airport in Rapid Creek, NT Police said.
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.
Police arrest suspect in Moulden stabbing after public plea for witnesses
UPDATED: NT Police have arrested a man after a public plea for witnesses in connection to a stabbing in Moulden on Friday morning that sent the victim to hospital.
Fyles Government to raise age of criminal responsibility
The Fyles Government has introduced a bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years old, which it has claimed will “break the cycle of youth crime”.
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”.