Telecommunications in Alice Springs have been disrupted numerous times by the theft of hundreds of metres of copper wire since April, with NT Police asking the public to help them catch the perpetrators.
Man assaulted on the street, has scooter stolen
A man was assaulted and had his electric scooter stolen in the Darwin CBD on Sunday, NT Police said.
Topline Steel Fabrications charged over contractor being crushed by steel
Topline Steel Fabrications and two of its senior managers have been charged over a contractor being crushed by a bundle of steel weighing over 1.2 tonnes while his truck was being loaded, NT Work Safe has said.
Elderly man confronted at home by armed males: police
An 83-year-old resident was confronted in his Katherine house by three males who allegedly tried to break in while armed with blunt and edged weapons last Tuesday, and who are still on the run, NT Police said.
ICAC closes investigation into lying TRG officers after Riches pledged not to make ‘adverse findings’
The Office of the ICAC has closed its investigation into five TRG officers lying to the court in sworn statements about racist award certificates with no adverse findings because of promises made by Commissioner Michael Riches before he collected any evidence, which later led to evidence that contradicts the officers not being admissible, a new investigation report shows.
14-year-old who assaulted police and used stolen credit cards at shop granted bail again
A 14-year-old boy who broke into a Wagaman home in broad daylight Thursday to steal credit cards and go on a shopping spree while already out on bail, allegedly assaulted two officers as they tried to arrest him and was promptly given bail again by a judge, NT Police said.
Police announce 16 extra officers for Alice Springs over summer
Fourteen constables and two senior officers will be sent to Alice Springs until the end of the school holidays in January in response to an increase in crime, Commander James Gray-Spence has said, a move that involves “high visibility” policing which Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro seemingly ordered for the Territory after she came to power.
Research facility staffer charged over deaths of dozens of cattle
A 55-year-old former government employee at a research facility south of Alice Springs has been charged with animal cruelty offences after 71 cattle were found deceased or dying at the facility in 2023, NT Police said.
Multiple arrests after weekend of crime in Alice Springs
Seven youths have been arrested in relation to a series of car thefts over the weekend in Alice Springs as part of Operation Archer, NT Police said, an operation designed to provide police with “additional capability” to crackdown on stolen vehicles and attacks on police.
Missing offender, NAAJA employee arrested in hotel following police manhunt
A 36-year-old woman is facing perverting the course of justice charges for her alleged involvement in helping a 20-year-old offender who reportedly cut off his ankle monitoring device last week evade police, with The Australian reporting the woman is a NAAJA employee who was in a “relationship” with the offender.
$200k worth of damage at new Holtze youth prison in first week: Government
Six youth detainees at the new Holtze Youth Detention Centre have allegedly caused $200,000 worth of damage at the facility, in what the government called a “deliberate act of vandalism”, that saw teens allegedly smash wash basins, tear metal intercom panels and light and power sockets from the walls, leaving the rooms unusable and live wires exposed in the first week the facility was opened.
Two dead, one in hospital after hit-and-run
Two women have been killed and another taken to hospital after all three were struck by a car on Trower Road in Brinkin last night, NT Police said.