From two Darwin shooters summoned to court for allegedly killing 30 cattle station horses, to an arsonist wanted for burning the NT Oriental Emporium, police makes arrests in Alice after motor bike rider hit by an allegedly stolen car, and alleged Hells Angels motor cycle gang associates arrested over unlicensed weapons, ammunition, and drugs. This is what the NT Independent reported on in cops, crimes, and court over the past week. Read them all here:
Witnesses to a crash on the Stuart Highway today which left a man suffering potentially serious head injuries have been urged to come forward by police.d.
A man tripped over his thongs before he was hit by a car, a witness has said, in what he described as a hit-and-run on the Stuart Highway in Darwin today.
A motorbike rider is in a critical condition in an Adelaide hospital after allegedly being hit by a stolen vehicle occupied by a group of four youths and a 19-year-old man, who were located using a drone and CCTV, and caught using tyre spikes in Alice Springs on Thursday night, NT Police said.
Two shooters will face court for allegedly shooting 30 horses on Killarney Station in the Victoria River District last month, NT Police said.
Two alleged Hells Angels motor cycle gang associates have been arrested, with raids leading to alleged seizures of unlicensed weapons and ammunition, as well as drugs, NT Police have said.
Seven youths from nine-years old to 16-years old, were allegedly in a stolen car involved in a police chase in Alice Springs that ended in the car being stopped with tyre spikes, NT Police have said.
Police are looking for a man they allege used a removalist’s trolley to steal a near new couch worth $400 from the St Vincent De Paul Society op-shop in Stuart Park.
Northern Territory Police have charged a man with recklessly endangering life over an alleged assault of his partner in their Palmerston house on the weekend.
A Darwin manager of electronics chain The Good Guys has been sentenced to one-year house arrest at his mother’s residence after he was caught stealing more than $55,000 from his place of employment.
Northern Territory Police have arrested two people and say it had put a “significant dent” in drug supply to the surrounding remote communities of Tennant Creek where more than 560 grams of cannabis was allegedly found.
A Galiwinku man who viciously beat his partner with a rake and a spear-throwing device in front of their children, and threw a bike on her while she lay defenceless on the ground has narrowly avoided jail.
