A man is on the run after he and another man smashed a door to break into Lasseters Hotel Casino in Alice Springs this morning, NT Police said. In another incident, a female staff member of a licensed business was allegedly hit in the hand with a bottle of wine by a man who was stealing it.
A woman was killed after the vehicle she was in rolled on the Victoria Highway near Bulla on Sunday morning, NT Police said.
A 30-year-old domestic violence suspect in Alice Springs was “unintentionally” hit by an unmarked police car Wednesday night after allegedly assaulting a woman and bystander, while later being tasered after escaping custody at the hospital where he was being assessed, NT Police said.
A new $500,000 reward has been announced for information leading to the location of the remains of murdered backpacker Peter Falconio, NT Police have said, a day after reports that his killer Bradley John Murdoch is close to death.
A 14-year-old male has been arrested and is facing four charges in connection to a string of indecent assaults against women in Alice Springs last week, NT Police said.
NT Police are investigating a fatal crash south of Alice Springs on Sunday morning that claimed the life of a 52-year-old man who was riding with a group of motorcyclists in Deep Well.
NT Police and Fire and Rescue Services are investigating the cause of a major structure fire in Humpty Doo overnight that saw a shipping container, two buses, two caravans, a car and a shade structure fully engulfed in flames.
Following the previous Labor government’s move to arm public housing and bus safety officers with pepper spray last year, the current Finocchiaro CLP Government has moved to give them guns, as part of a plan to quickly train those officers and police auxiliary members as new “Police Public Safety Officers” to “target antisocial behaviour in public places”.
The Jovi Boys gang and their associates ram-raided the Peppimenarti Social Club gates, injuring a woman before ransacking the premises while patrons and staff secured themselves in a store room late last month, however NT Police did not attend until two days later, and will not say why the attack was not made public.
A man has been charged after a stand-off with the Territory Response Group in Parap on Monday, NT Police said.
An unknown male who slashed another man’s face early Sunday morning with an ‘edged weapon’ after he refused demands for cigarettes and money remains on the run, NT Police said, while calling for anyone with information to come forward.
Three people were killed in two separate crashes on Saturday, NT Police said, including one crash near Beswick that involved four occupants of a single vehicle, resulting in the death of a 14-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man.
