The dangerous pursuit of a stolen vehicle over a 75-kilometre area that saw a ute driven directly at police officers at times and objects hurled at officers during the chase, ended with three teens and three adults arrested, NT Police said.


The dangerous pursuit of a stolen vehicle over a 75-kilometre area that saw a ute driven directly at police officers at times and objects hurled at officers during the chase, ended with three teens and three adults arrested, NT Police said.

The “extensive” manhunt for two young offenders who escaped the Alice Springs youth prison on Tuesday has ended after the pair turned themselves in to police with the support of their families on Wednesday night, the Corrections Commissioner said.

A 56-year-old motorcyclist has died in a collision with a vehicle at the intersection of Chung Wah Terrace and Elrundie Avenue on Thursday afternoon, NT Police said.

The Finocchiaro Government has pledged an “extra” $1 million in funding for Legal Aid NT, a day after a homeless man charged with aggravated robbery was reportedly granted bail due to confusion around his trial following Legal Aid cutting his defence funding.

Four teens aged between 13 and 15 who were on bail have been arrested, while other alleged offenders are still on the run, after an alleged attempted car-jacking, multiple burglaries, and the theft of scooters in Darwin overnight, NT Police said.

A 29-year-old woman has been charged with child exploitation offences after three homes in the Greater Darwin region were raided by a joint police taskforce this month, including the woman’s home in a Palmerston suburb last week, making her the third alleged offender from the ring busted in the last two weeks.

In the last week the NT Government has released nine tenders, including Alcohol and other Drug Management at Territory Generation Sites for a Period of 36 Months.

A 38-year-old man needed medical treatment after being hit by a rock that was thrown from a car driven dangerously by a group of youths in Alice Springs on Saturday evening, NT Police said, calling on the public for information after the youths evaded capture.

A 14-year-old male is facing charges after he allegedly indecently assaulted two female paramedics who were helping him in an ambulance, before spitting in the vehicle, NT Police said, and later damaging a medical vehicle and spitting at police.

Two motorcyclists were taken to hospital early Thursday morning after being struck by a silver hatchback in two separate alleged hit-and-runs, with the NT Police calling for the public’s help identifying the occupants of the car.

Two men in Darwin have been charged with domestic violence offences including one man who allegedly attacked his female partner with glass, NT Police said.

A 16-year-old male has been arrested for allegedly assaulting and attempting to rape a woman on a street in Woodroffe on Monday evening.