NT Police officers wanted to fine Darwin ‘freedom’ protesters for not wearing masks or social distancing but their Superintendent stopped them, saying they were protected by a permit issued by the Northern Land Council, a permit the organisation says did not and could not exist, a well-placed source has told the NT Independent.
Two teenagers have been charged over car thefts business break-ins in the Darwin CBD, the Waterfront, Leanyer, Palmerston, and Pinelands, with two other alleged offenders yet to be identified, NT Police have said, yet they gave no indication if they were wearing masks, or faced possible COVID-19 infringement fines.
Two cars that sped off from police during roadside drug and alcohol testing in separate incidents in Alice Springs have been seized by police under anti-hooning laws.
The father of a 14-year-old boy who had his skull fractured and was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after an unprovoked and “sickening attack” at Casuarina shopping centre over the weekend, says the government needs to take immediate action to keep the public safe from young offenders.
The murder trial of NT Police officer Zachary Rolfe has been delayed after prosecutors were successful in their High Court action to delay the case at the last minute this morning.
A crime spree across Palmerston on Wednesday night resulted in numerous commercial properties being broken into, grog stolen from a supermarket and windows at a school smashed out, NT Police said.
WATCH THE VIDEO: A man in Alice Springs doused himself in petrol after crashing a car into the Todd Tavern this morning in a disturbing scene captured on video that the police withheld from the public.
A 19-year-old man who allegedly went on a drunken vehicle rampage yesterday morning in Alice Springs, that sent a woman to hospital and damaged six cars, is facing a string of charges while three teens have been charged for break and enters across the community, in what a local politician has called the latest “outrageous crimes” plaguing the town.
A 15-year-old has been charged with attempted rape and other sexual offences involving a series of Katherine break-ins spanning the last two years, which the NT Police executive and media team appear not to have publicly reported when the first incident occurred in November 2019.
NT Police have said a man drowned near Stokes Hill Wharf in Darwin today.
NT Police Constable Zachary Rolfe’s defence team will be permitted to argue that he should not be held criminally liable for the shooting death of Yuendumu man Kumanjayi Walker because he was acting in “good faith” in his role as a police officer, a decision by the full bench of the NT Supreme Court has determined.
Police have charged a man after he allegedly assaulted a woman on Knuckey Street in the Darwin CBD and stole her phone early Wednesday morning.
