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.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro misrepresented crime statistics when she claimed this week the NT has fallen to 2017 crime levels, a claim that was made despite an official warning that older data cannot be compared with current data following the introduction of new police software, while independent MLA Justine Davis accused the CLP of blatantly manipulating statistics to create a false narrative of community safety.
UPDATED: Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling has been charged with breach of bail in relation to the ongoing allegations he assaulted Administrator David Connolly, NT Police said, with Mr Gosling’s office saying he intends to defend the new charge.
NT Police “mistakenly” released a 38-year-old man who was sentenced to six months for aggravated assault and breaching domestic violence orders at the Katherine court house Monday afternoon, later tracking him down through CCTV footage and arresting him Tuesday morning.
A man has been charged with allegedly assaulting a woman and her child, aged under two, with a blunt weapon, breaking the mother’s hand and causing swelling to the child’s head, NT Police said.
Police used a fire truck’s telescopic boom platform to arrest a man who had climbed onto the roof of a two-storey unit complex Friday morning where he threw rocks at police after allegedly assaulting someone, NT Police said.
A 33-year-old man has been charged with money laundering following a four-month investigation into businesses that allegedly generated more than $9 million from illegal tobacco and vaping sales, NT Police have said.
The NT Police have officially concluded the victim identification process following the head-on collision on the Stuart Highway earlier this month, but are still investigating the cause of the deadly crash.
UPDATED: A prisoner who escaped from the Barkly Work Camp and was believed to be headed to Alice Springs has been caught in Tennant Creek, NT Police said.
A large group of males armed with various weapons were discovered concealing themselves in bushland Sunday afternoon as they approached the community of Wadeye, NT Police said, with the group allegedly attacking officers with rocks, window louvres and at one point an arrow was allegedly shot at police when officers attempted to disperse them.
