Three Department of Children and Families staffers have been stood down following a report in The Australian Tuesday night that revealed five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby had been the subject of six child protection reports since mid-March and was living in a “dangerous environment” with no action having been taken by the department.
A man has been charged after allegedly using an edged weapon to try to steal a taxi driver’s car on Sunday morning, while police are also searching for people who allegedly looted a Darwin city shop after its glass front door was broken on Monday morning, NT Police said.
NT Police have charged 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis with the murder of five-year-old Kumantjayi Little Baby following her abduction that led to a massive five-day search effort by hundreds in Alice Springs ending when her body was discovered Thursday morning.
Community leaders are calling for calm in Alice Springs after a night of rioting outside the hospital where alleged child killer Jefferson Lewis was taken after his arrest, which saw an angry crowd throwing rocks and lighting a police car on fire, with Lewis later flown to Darwin to restore calm.
The man who allegedly abducted and murdered a five-year-old Alice Springs girl was arrested Thursday night after a five-day manhunt, NT Police confirmed, while police reportedly fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a crowd that assembled outside the hospital where Jefferson Lewis was taken.
The five-year-old girl who went missing early Sunday morning has been found dead after days of search efforts by NT Police and Alice Springs community members, with the hunt for alleged abductor and now suspected child rapist and murderer Jefferson Lewis the police’s sole focus.
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly punching a female restaurant worker in the face in Alice Springs before chasing and assaulting two adult male delivery drivers, NT Police said.
NT Police are continuing their search for missing five-year-old Sharon Granites four days after she went missing from Old Timers town camp outside of Alice Springs, with Police Commissioner Martin Dole calling for those with knowledge of the whereabouts of Jefferson Lewis, the man police believe abducted the girl, to come forward.
A 10-year-old boy is in custody for his alleged involvement in the aggravated robbery of a 72-year-old woman who was driving out of a Casuarina shopping centre carpark on Tuesday evening when several people jumped on her car, opened the door and ripped glasses off her face before allegedly stealing the victim’s purse, police said.
NT Police have identified a 47-year-old man they say may have information about the disappearance of a five-year-old girl who went missing from Old Timers Camp in Alice Springs on Saturday around 11:30 pm, with police deploying helicopters, all-terrain vehicles and drones in hopes of locating the missing girl.
A 44-year-old man was arrested by the Fugitive Task Force on Wednesday and charged in connection to historical child sex offences that allegedly occurred in the Greater Darwin area in 2008, NT Police said on Friday.
A 51-year-old Darwin woman is facing charges for allegedly defrauding a non-profit organisation that supports NDIS clients, NT Police said.
