An NT Police auxiliary officer has been suspended with pay after being charged with obtaining a financial benefit by deception, police said in a statement.
Officer shoots at ute before it rammed police vehicle in Alice Springs
UPDATED: An NT Police officer fired three shots at a Mazda ute that was being driven towards him and a police vehicle at considerable speed in Alice Springs overnight, a video released by police shows, with 10 charges now laid against the 38-year-old driver. WATCH THE VIDEO
Calls for Police Commissioner to explain why executive team is under investigation by the AFP
Territory police officers want to know why the entire NT Police top brass is currently under investigation by the Australian Federal Police, the union representing the cops has said, while questions about perceived conflicts of interest in the investigation have been ignored by all involved.
Jake Danby’s home detention order extended to two years on appeal
Jake Danby, the step-nephew of Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby, who bragged to friends and family about killing an Aboriginal man in a hit-and-run, had his sentence increased on Friday to two years home detention following an appeal of the original sentence.
Seven arrested over brutal baseball bat and scooter attack on teen girl
Seven girls and women have been arrested in Alice Springs for allegedly bashing a 16-year-old female last Friday which NT Police did not make public until today, while a video of the brutal attack shows the victim being being hit in the head with a scooter, bashed with a metal baseball bat, her head kicked and stomped on, and her assailants trying to smash her head into a bitumen road. Police have also alleged the group “forcibly removed her clothes” following the beating.
Infant allegedly assaulted by mother in remote community
An infant was taken to hospital in Alice Springs Sunday night after allegedly being assaulted by her 20-year-old mother in a remote MacDonnell Region community, NT Police said, while an investigation into the matter is currently ongoing.
Machete fight on Alice Springs Council lawns ends in arrests, one in hospital
One person was taken to hospital with cuts to his back and three others were arrested after a machete fight through the Alice Springs CBD on Friday afternoon, NT Police said, while other offenders remain at large.
AFP investigating dysfunction in NT Police top brass
EXCLUSIVE: The NT Police top brass is currently under investigation by a senior member of the Australian Federal Police, the NT Independent can reveal, who was recently sworn in to conduct a probe into “allegations against a number of people up on the top floor”.
80-year-old woman robbed and assaulted in home invasion by kids as young as eight: Police
Four youths aged between eight and 12 allegedly robbed an 80-year-old woman on Wednesday night after breaking into her Karama home, assaulting her and demanding her car keys, NT Police said.
‘Detrimental change’: NT Police’s Darwin property and juvenile crime unit to be moved
Darwin’s property and juvenile crime police unit, Strike Force Trident, is being moved from the Casuarina Police Station to be absorbed by the Crime and Intelligence Command at the Peter McCauley Centre, the police union has said, a move the man who established the unit said could see members siphoned off to other parts of the agency due to political pressures, leading to a potential increase in property crime.
Alice Springs woman sexually assaulted while putting child into vehicle
A woman securing her child into her vehicle at a Gregory Terrace carpark in Alice Springs just after noon on Monday was allegedly indecently assaulted by a male youth, with police now calling for the public’s help to identify the male.
Man arrested for alleged indecent assault at campground
A 55-year-old man has been charged with gross indecency without consent in relation to an alleged indecent assault at a roadhouse campground in the Barkly region on Friday night, NT Police said.