Two people were killed in a single vehicle rollover on the Stuart Highway north of Tennant Creek on Friday, NT Police said.
‘Our members will not be threatened’: NTPA members reject government pay offer
More than 80 per cent of NT Police officers who took part in a ballot on a new pay offer have voted against the deal, which included a three per cent wage increase, the NT Police Association has said, amid threats from the government that rejecting the deal could lead to cuts to housing entitlements along with generous personal leave provisions.
Death in custody as inmate dies in hospital
The death of a 59-year-old male corrections inmate at Royal Darwin Hospital on Sunday is being investigated as a death in custody, but the NT Independent understands it is not being treated as suspicious.
Woman ‘indecently assaulted’ while walking through Palmerston golf course: Police
A 32-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly indecently assaulting a female who was walking through the Palmerston golf course grounds shortly after 7am this morning, NT Police said, with the man later throwing a bottle at officers who were searching for him.
‘Intensive search operation’ continues for missing man west of Alice Springs
A coordinated extensive search for missing 26-year-old Alice Springs man Gach is continuing west of the town ahead of forecasted sub-zero temperatures, three days after he vanished, with more than 50 personnel from police units, emergency services and Parks and Wildlife combing through 500 square kilometres of “challenging terrain”.
Five females arrested after alleged assault on police in Palmerston
A female police officer was sent to hospital after an altercation with five females in Yarrawonga yesterday afternoon, in an incident that saw the “aggressive” females allegedly surrounding the officers at one point, with pepper spray deployed and damage to a police vehicle, the NT Police said.
Woman chased on running path by man with no pants
NT Police are searching for a man wearing “open-toe fluffy slippers” and no pants who allegedly performed an indecent act while chasing a woman on a run in Alice Springs on Monday afternoon.
Show stabbing: Teen charged after Saturday night stabbing at Darwin Show
UPDATED: A 15-year-old is in police custody and has been charged after allegedly stabbing another teen at the Royal Darwin Show on Saturday night in front of dozens of show-goers, with the victim rushed to hospital in a “serious condition”, NT Police said.
Man dead in road train collision north of Katherine
A 23-year-old man has died in a head-on collision involving a Honda CRV and a road train on Sunday afternoon, 14 km north of Katherine on the Stuart Highway, NT Police said.
Falconio search: NT Police did not fully pursue expert’s identified disposal sites for Falconio’s body
NT Police have confirmed they did not undertake full searches of several potential disposal sites of Peter Falconio’s remains mapped out for them by a world-leading expert in “no-body” homicide cases in 2007, and have yet to action the entire scope of the search report.
Teens carry out northern suburbs crime spree in stolen car, swerved at police and pulled machete on others
Four teens have been arrested and another is on the run after a night of chaos through Darwin’s northern suburbs, that started with a car-jacking at knife point, followed by a ram raid of a bottle shop and police later having to abandon a high-speed chase down Tiger Brennan Drive after the teens “attempted to ram” a police vehicle, NT Police said.
84-year-old bashed in car-jacking: Police
A group of four youths are on the run after throwing rocks at an 84-year-old man and his vehicle after he refused to give them a lift Tuesday morning, NT Police said, ultimately stealing his Hilux and assaulting him.