NT Police say they stopped five teenagers aged 13-15 years in an allegedly stolen car in Katherine using tyre spikes in a statement that seemingly contradicts an earlier police account of what happened following an alleged crime spree through Darwin and Humpty Doo early this morning.
A dope smoker who was angry his cannabis stash had been stolen used a large machete to threaten two charity workers, stealing their vehicle and performing burnouts in it, in a bizarre bid to “calm himself down” has been jailed for eight months.
A 36-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman as she slept in her home in Katherine, NT Police say, while another man in Alice Springs was arrested on the same day for allegedly unlawfully entering a home where a woman resided.
A man who attempted to dodge the Northern Territory’s mandatory 14-day quarantine and provided misleading information to police will face court next week, NT Police have said. Police spokesman Rob Cross said in a statement on Monday, the 56-year-old man arrested at...
A young man will face court today for allegedly lighting fires in the Adelaide River region as the Northern Territory endured some of the worst weather conditions in more than five years, NT Police have said.
UPDATED: NT Police say they have arrested a 29-year-old man in connection to an alleged group assault on a young woman near Casuarina Beach on Friday night.
Children’s Commissioner Colleen Gwynne fronted court last Thursday in relation to an abuse of office charged laid by the NT Police, with the matter being adjourned until November.
The community of Yuendumu could be barred from watching a live stream of next week’s committal hearing of the Northern Territory police officer charged with killing 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker.
An unidentified man is under investigation for allegedly starting a fire at Adelaide River that threatened nearby residents and properties, NT Police say, while a Humpty Doo man was fined for starting an illegal burn pile in the middle of catastrophic fire conditions.
A “catastrophic” fire warning has been issued for Darwin and Adelaide River areas while most parts of the Territory are under severe fire danger as the Top End faces “dangerous and rare” weather conditions, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
An Alice Springs teenager with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder has been jailed for six months after breaking into the home of an 80-year-old pensioner and terrorising her with a boomerang, before stealing her bank card and car.
A Darwin garbo who teamed up with a South Australian meth addict to smuggle $80,000 of the drug into the Northern Territory has been jailed for nine months.
