An allegedly intoxicated teen driver has been arrested after hitting two pedestrians, who were believed to be known to the driver, in Girraween on Tuesday night, police said.

Northern Territory Police have been issuing media statements over the last week announcing charges against individuals for alleged crimes that took place many months ago, raising questions over police management’s ability to report and resolve crimes in a timely manner.

A 30-year-old female has narrowly survived a motorcycle crash on the Arnhem Highway near the Mary River Bridge on Monday afternoon, but suffered dreadful injuries including a broken pelvis, NT Police said.

A 43-year-old man with alleged drug issues and his female teen accomplice have been arrested in connection to a series of break-ins in Pinelands and Berrimah this month, NT Police said.

A 35-year-old male NT police officer has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault and suspended with pay, NT Police said, but provided no details.

An NT police officer was allegedly bitten on the face by a 39-year-old man in Alice Springs on Monday while responding to a domestic violence report.

From a man struck to the head multiple times by a group who bumped his vehicle in Mitchell St, to a driver narrowly escaping a brutal triple crash, to a child ferociously bitten in the face by a dog; this is what the NT Independent reported on cops, crime, and court over the past week. Read them all here:

NT Police are investigating an alleged crime spree across the Greater Darwin area early Friday, that kicked off after a mini-van was stolen from a property in Farrar and used to carry out numerous property crimes, across many suburbs.

A man has narrowly escaped a triple crash with his life after his vehicle crashed into a guard rail, smashed head-on with a road train, and fell off an overpass, NT police has said.

An eight-year-old Tennant Creek child has been ferociously attacked and bitten in the face by a dog, St John Ambulance said.