NT Police have charged 13 people with more than 50 offences stemming from a series of alleged violent acts and property offences in Wadeye since the start of August, with details of three riots and some of the other alleged crimes still not made public.
A 60-year-old Fannie Bay man and a 75-year-old Gunn man were arrested as part of separate investigations into the online sexual exploitation of children, while a third person from Humpty Doo had their home raided and devices seized for further investigation, NT Police said.
A man has been charged after allegedly hitting his female partner in the face before repeatedly stabbing her with a pair of scissors in her head, body and both arms, NT Police said.
A 28-year-old man has suffered a suspected punctured lung after being shot in the chest with an arrow in Wadeye early Thursday morning, NT Police said.
An inmate who escaped from the Holtze Youth Prison yesterday remains on the run, with NT Police appealing to the public for help to locate them.
NT Police are investigating the death of a 35-year-old male prisoner in the Alice Springs Prison yesterday afternoon.
NT Police are investigating multiple armed disturbances in Ngukurr over the weekend that saw a 14-year-old boy airlifted out of the community Saturday afternoon after being speared in the back, police said.
Police are asking the public for help to find four youths who escaped from the Barkly Bail Facility in Tennant Creek on Saturday.
Two 13-year-olds have been arrested for their alleged role in a Palmerston service station robbery on Sunday afternoon, while police continue to search for a nine-year-old who allegedly threatened an employee with a pair of scissors and made off with “a quantity of cigarettes”, NT Police said.
A 12-year-old boy in Tennant Creek has been charged with assault and damage to property after allegedly spitting in the face of a police officer who was talking to him because they were concerned for his welfare, and then throwing a rock that shattered the rear windscreen of a police vehicle, NT Police said.
A man was struck and killed by a white Toyota Hilux while crossing Berrimah Road around 9:30pm Wednesday night, NT Police said, as the investigation into the crash and the man’s identity continues, which occurred just before a separate three-vehicle crash at Coolalinga that trapped a man inside his vehicle.
Former NT Police officer Clint Sims has been appointed one of two deputy police commissioners under a six-month “trial” of the dual-role model that was previously used for years in the executive, with Acting Deputy Commissioner Travis Wurst staying on despite recently withdrawing his application for the permanent job for “personal reasons”, which comes amid ongoing turmoil in senior police leadership.
