A group of four youths are on the run after throwing rocks at an 84-year-old man and his vehicle after he refused to give them a lift Tuesday morning, NT Police said, ultimately stealing his Hilux and assaulting him.
Woman speared in head during alleged domestic violence incident
UPDATED: An 18-year-old woman was airlifted to Royal Darwin Hospital on Sunday afternoon after being stabbed in the head with a spear, NT Police said, with the alleged 21-year-old male offender who is known to her arrested after initially going on the run.
Child who died after palm tree fell on her was four-years-old, not seven: Police
The tragic death of a 4-year-old girl who was reportedly killed by a falling palm tree in a Darwin northern suburb on Saturday afternoon is still under investigation by NT Police, who issued a statement on Monday to correct that the girl was four and not seven as initially reported.
Stolen vehicle was involved in fatal Delemere highway crash that killed tourist: Police
UPDATED: A Toyota troop carrier that was involved in a fatal road crash that killed a 76-year-old male tourist near Delemere on Wednesday was stolen from a residence in Katherine, NT Police revealed on Thursday.
‘Nothing short of horrendous’: Man charged for allegedly raping a child in Ludmilla
A 34-year-old man has been arrested and charged with sexual intercourse with a child under 10, in what NT Police have described as a “confronting investigation” involving a “very young victim”.
Five cops who lied in sworn statements at inquest about racist TRG awards will not be punished: Police
Five senior police officers who lied to the coronial inquest about the existence of racist awards in the TRG that the Coroner described as “grotesque examples of racism” in her final report will have no action taken against them, the NT Police have said, while former constable Zach Rolfe has accused the officers of colluding “with the support of some members of the NT Police executive”.
Stolen car police pursuit, robbery at cafe leads to employee hospitalised ahead of Katherine Show weekend
The Coffee Club in Katherine was ransacked overnight by a group of offenders in a stolen Toyota Hilux from the showgrounds, NT Police said, but police media did not report that the intruders reportedly returned to the cafe around 7:15am this morning, where they allegedly attacked staff, the owner and customers, with one staff member reportedly sent to hospital.
‘Out of control’: Overcrowding crisis in Palmerston watch house, union says
Overcrowding in the Palmerston Police station watch house hit ‘crisis point’ on Monday with 92 people in custody, including 76 Corrections prisoners, the police union has said, which is a statement at odds with the government’s claim in March that all the Corrections prisoners had been moved.
Man charged for allegedly sexually assaulting partner
A man has been charged for allegedly physically and sexually assaulting his ex-partner in a home, and then on the side of the Stuart Highway near Howard Springs, NT Police said.
Darwin businessman charged with drugs, firearms offences after police intercept vehicle in Katherine
A 46-year-old Darwin man was arrested on Monday morning for multiple drugs and firearms offences after NT Police detectives, the dog unit and Australian Border Force personnel intercepted him at a Katherine service station following his return from Queensland, police said, while also executing search warrants at his home and business.
Five cops who lied to Coroner about racist awards were warned by union not to file false statements
EXCLUSIVE: The five senior NT Police officers who lied to the Coroner about racist TRG awards approached the president of the police association before filing their false sworn statements, who advised all of them not to file the misleading documents, multiple sources have said, raising further questions about collusion and who ordered the officers to make the statements.
Charges laid over two separate violent assaults on Dick Ward Drive
A 42-year-old man who allegedly beat his partner on Dick Ward Drive in Coconut Grove on Saturday afternoon has been arrested, while another man who sexually assaulted a woman on the same street on Thursday night in an unrelated incident has been charged with attempted rape, NT Police said.