Police are attempting to track down the assailants of a 37-year-old man in Mitchell St overnight who was hospitalised after sustaining lacerations to the head following an attack by a group of young men who bumped his vehicle, NT police said.
Police looking for people using counterfeit cash in Alice Springs
NT Police has released images from a CCTV footage of two men and a woman it says used counterfeit $100 notes in Alice Springs.
Suspicious house and car fires in Alice under investigation
Two vehicles and a house in Alice Springs have been ravaged by fires which are believed to be deliberately lit, according to NT fire investigators.
Man hit in head from behind with scooter, then kicked in head while unconscious: police
A man was allegedly hit in the head from behind with a scooter outside a pizza joint by one youth, then kicked in the head while he was unconscious on the ground by another police have said, which reportedly left him with a fractured skull.
Cops, crime, and court this week
A man charged for driving a car into a Mitchell Street pub for alleged pay back; to charges against an interstate woman for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a boy; to NT Police executives’ inability to track how many times police arrest young offenders per day, this is what the NT Independent reported on cops, crime, and court over the past week. Read them all here.
Two in critical condition after high-speed Katherine car crash
Traffic diversions are likely to remain in place in Katherine after a high-speed crash on Katherine Terrace Thursday night pinned two passengers in the rear seats of the vehicle who are now in a critical condition, while two others are reportedly stable in hospital, NT Police said.
Providing hard stats of reoffending youths too challenging, government tells Budget Estimates
NT Police commissioner Jamie Chalker says police could be arresting some young offenders in Alice Springs “two to three times” a day but can’t say for sure because retrieving stats of arrests is “not straight forward” and would mean taking police off the streets to provide accurate data.
Man crashes through security gate then assaults woman, puts her in hospital: police
Police have charged a man after they allege he crashed his car through the security gate of a house in Alice Springs before attacking a woman who was then flown to hospital in Adelaide in a critical condition.
Interstate woman to face court over sex with boy: police
Police have charged a woman with 12 counts of having sex with a boy under 16-years old.
Police calling for witnesses to supermarket assaults and rock throwing
Police are calling for witnesses who saw three teenagers allegedly assaulting three people, and throwing rocks inside the Darwin CBD Woolworths.
Charges laid over Mitchell St pub crash mayhem
Police have charged three men following a fight and the subsequent running down of a man with a LandCruiser which then crashed into Six Tanks Brewery on Sunday morning.
Two drunk drivers arrested overnight Sunday, including another car sent into a building
NT Police said they responded to two alcohol-related road incidents overnight where one rolled into a building and the other crashed into a fence.