NT Police are seeking the public’s help identifying people involved in an overnight crime spree in Alice Springs that saw multiple stolen vehicles used to swerve at police cars and later smash them with rocks, with some of the vehicles and people involved still at large.
The wound is still deep for the Leach family more than four years on from the death of Paul Leach, and almost two weeks after his employer was found responsible for him being killed, with his family remembering him as the bravest man they had ever known, with a heart of gold.
A man has died in a buggy crash at Girraween early Sunday morning, NT Police said.
Three females allegedly stole a 4WD in Darwin, before using it to steal fuel from Threeways Roadhouse, and later crashing it into another vehicle in Tennant Creek, NT Police said.
A man, who was found asleep beside a pool of blood in Malak, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman in the ankle, and for another alleged domestic violence attack on the woman overnight, NT Police said.
A massive grassfire has burnt an estimated 1500 hectares in Tennant Creek as NT Fire and Rescue Service worked with Bushfires NT to protect buildings and properties all day Tuesday, officials said on Friday.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has backed away from holding a parliamentary inquiry into what she called a “crisis in police”, despite calling for one seven times while in opposition, and criticising the previous Labor government’s “deliberately constrained” and “behind-closed-doors review” of police.
A female pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car on the Stuart Highway near Knuckey Lagoon, NT Police said.
A man has been charged for allegedly drug driving and for having a traffickable amount of methamphetamine, NT Police said.
A man has been charged with causing serious harm and contravening a domestic violence order after allegedly beating his partner unconscious in the street in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
A man has been charged for allegedly raping a woman he knew at East Point last Monday, NT Police said.
Up to 30 vehicles were damaged during a break-in at the Pickles vehicle auction yard in Alice Springs, with the office building also damaged, NT Police said.
