UPDATED: One of two teens who sparked national outrage for allegedly fracturing an eight-week-old baby’s skull during a mid-afternoon Alice Springs home invasion in December escaped custody yesterday afternoon, after reportedly being permitted to attend a funeral in Lajamanu, but was re-arrested on Thursday.
NT Police are investigating the circumstances around the death of a 39-year-old Humpty Doo woman who was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital on Monday morning after falling “seriously ill”, with a man known to the woman later arrested.
A man is in Royal Darwin Hospital with a cut to his forehead from allegedly being attacked with an “edged weapon” after the windows of his parked car were smashed by three offenders who are still on the run, NT Police said.
A man has been arrested following a police pursuit after officers tried to stop him over an aggrevated burglary he allegedly committed in Alice Springs last Thursday.
UPDATED: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro appeared on Thursday to walk back from her $3 million election pledge to give long-serving NT Police officers a bonus to keep experienced cops on the beat, after being questioned about it in Parliament, but later said she was still “committed” to a bonus although it is unclear how it will work, how much it will cost and how much police officers will receive.
A man has been charged after allegedly holding his partner against her will with a gun across four days, and assaulting her and threatening to kill her, NT Police said.
The CLP Government will table a new bill to provide NT Police with “express powers” to access private property without a search warrant for offenders who breach parole or domestic violence orders.
A woman who yesterday allegedly stabbed a woman in back of the head at an Alice Springs licensed premises, and then stabbed a man in the arm and upper body, is still on the run, NT Police said.
A man has been charged with murder over the death of a woman in Alice Springs on Sunday, NT Police said.
A 14-year-old boy has been charged for stealing a vehicle in Alice Springs after handing himself into the police station, NT Police said.
A single-vehicle rollover that resulted in nine individuals being hospitalised with head injuries and fractures south of Tipperary Station on Saturday night is currently under investigation, NT Police said, with a five-year-old girl suffering a serious head injury.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly trespassing at a Lyons home seven times over four days, stealing alcohol, and twice indecently exposing himself, NT Police said.
