A 40-year-old woman who collapsed and died at a Katherine business Monday afternoon is suspected to have suffered a snake bite to her ankle, NT Police said.


A 40-year-old woman who collapsed and died at a Katherine business Monday afternoon is suspected to have suffered a snake bite to her ankle, NT Police said.

Two utility vehicles were stolen in a night of mayhem in Alice Springs and later used to steal five motorcycles from a business and carry out a home invasion, NT Police said, with both vehicles eventually ramming police cars and the teen occupants throwing rocks at police, with five youths eventually arrested.

A stolen Toyota Land Cruiser involved in a police pursuit suddenly reversed and rammed into a police vehicle early Saturday morning in Winnellie, NT Police said, with the occupants later escaping.

NT Police are searching for a man armed with scissors who allegedly detained and “indecently assaulted” a female in an abandoned vehicle in Palmerston overnight.

A man in his 40s suffered an injury to his chin after he was allegedly tasered by another man at a residence in Katherine on Wednesday afternoon, with a 42-year-old man expected to be charged for the aggravated assault, NT Police said.

An inquiry into all executive police appointments made by disgraced former commissioner Michael Murphy is reportedly done, with a draft report and recommendations sitting with those in charge for weeks, the NT Police Association says, but neither the Police Minister or the Acting Police Commissioner will confirm or explain when the findings will be made public.

A 43-year-old woman is in custody after allegedly striking a male pedestrian known to her with a car in front of police on Wednesday morning in Coconut Grove, NT Police said.

Two women were assaulted in their own home in Tennant Creek overnight, suffering injuries to their heads and backs after a group of up to 20 people forced their way in and left having stolen two mobile phones and two puppies, NT Police said.

A man was allegedly stabbed in the chest by a teenager in Katherine on Monday night, NT Police said.

The attempted duffing of up to 300 head of cattle from a Central Australian cattle station involving two road trains is under investigation, NT Police said.

A police officer was allegedly punched in the head and then used OC spray while trying to arrest a teenager who was allegedly among a group who broke into two businesses in a shopping centre in Palmerston on Sunday night, NT Police said.

A man allegedly held a staff member against a wall with a broom during a robbery of an Alice Springs convenience store, while in an unrelated incident, a group of 10 people allegedly broke into the Alice Springs Turf Club, ransacking an office and stealing cash and alcohol, NT Police said.