UPDATED: NT Police have charged a 38-year-old man with murder after he allegedly shot a 26-year-old man dead near Cutta Cutta caves.
Northern suburbs drug busts result in cash, drugs and weapons seized
Almost half a million dollars of cash and commercial quantities of methamphetamine, cannabis, and other illicit substances have been seized from two separate afternoon drug busts in Darwin on Thursday where a woman and a man were arrested, NT Police said.
Where is the Pollock report into the death of Kumanjayi Walker?
Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has refused to say whether the original police coronial reports into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker by Constable Zach Rolfe will be presented at the upcoming coronial inquiry, or if police are investigating how and why their existence was suppressed from the prosecutor and the Rolfe defence team.
Man allegedly shot dead in home at Cutta Cutta caves: Sources
UPDATE: A 36-year-old Venn man is in police custody after he allegedly shot dead another man, who had escaped from a rehabilitation facility, in a house at Cutta Cutta caves south of Katherine on Wednesday night, sources have told the NT Independent.
Zach Rolfe placed on indefinite leave, told to call ‘well-being team’ if he has personal issues
It remains unclear if or when Constable Zach Rolfe will be allowed to return to work following his acquittal last Friday, with the officer being issued a direction to take indefinite leave, after being accused of 25 serious breaches of discipline by the top brass which could result in his sacking, according to a letter seen by the NT Independent.
Group of kids as young as 10 caught after stealing car from northern suburbs
Seven children, aged 10 to 14, have been identified by police for stealing a car, damaging property and assaulting workers in Darwin’s northern suburbs overnight on Monday, NT Police said.
Sex offender bashed in Palmerston bar brawl involving 20 people
A convicted child sex offender who had recently been released from prison and a woman are both in hospital after the man had his head stomped on and the woman was stabbed to the back of the head outside a Palmerston bar on Tuesday night, in a massive brawl that involved up to 20 people, sources said.
Croc attack: Man in hospital after being bitten while spearfishing in East Arnhem
A man who was bitten by a crocodile while spearfishing in East Arnhem this morning has been airlifted to hospital with arm and leg wounds, NT Police said.
‘A straight shooter’: Gunner backs Police Commissioner Chalker amid calls for his resignation
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has lashed out at the police union while defending Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker in a radio interview, labeling anyone who thinks they interfered in the Zach Rolfe investigation “conspiracy nuts”.
NT road fatality figures triple in first three months of year
NT Police have ruled out poor road conditions as a contributing factor in the recent road deaths in the Northern Territory, adding that investigations continue into the cause of two separate crashes that killed two people on Saturday night.
Richard Rolfe says Police Commissioner’s behaviour was ‘corrupt’, calls for his resignation or sacking
The father of Constable Zach Rolfe said Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker acted corruptly by allegedly hiding a police report into the death of Kumanjayi Walker from the court in the committal hearing for the police officer’s murder charge, and said the NT’s top cop needed to resign or be sacked.
Zach Rolfe to be served discipline breach notices by top brass after not guilty verdict
The NT Police executive have notified the union representing police that it intends to issue new disciplinary notices on Constable Zach Rolfe, who was on Friday cleared of murder by a Supreme Court jury, which would officially continue his suspension from service, the NT Independent understands.