A 49-year-old man has been charged after allegedly threatening to kill a man in an Alice Springs shopping centre, then attempting to strike him with an “edged weapon”, NT Police said.
Judge sets aside $120k finding that police officer inserted finger into woman’s vagina during search
A Supreme Court judge has found a Local Court judge’s reasons for finding a police officer slipped her finger into a woman’s vagina during a search for drugs and jewellery to be inadequate, setting aside the judgment, and calling for the matter to be reheard in the lower court again before a different judge.
Darwin bus driver kicked in the head while driving on Stuart Highway
A 21-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly kicking a bus driver in the head while he was driving along the Stuart Highway through Pinelands on Tuesday afternoon, NT Police said.
Woman stabbed in the back while walking down street by unknown assailant
A 26-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a woman he did not know in the back while she walked down the street in a remote NT community on Monday afternoon, NT Police said.
Police searching for masked suspects in overnight Katherine crime spree
An “extensive search” is underway in Katherine for a group of alleged masked offenders who evaded police and fled into bushland following an overnight crime spree in a white Toyota Landcruiser, that involved ramraiding a local restaurant and threatening a service station employee with a weapon, NT Police said.
Guests robbed in Alice Springs hotel rooms
A group broke into rooms in two Alice Springs hotels while guests slept and robbed them, with one alleged offender armed with a machete in one break-in, while an 11-year-old and a 14-year-old stole a camper van from a business in the town and drove it through the city, NT Police said.
More NT road carnage: Police investigating Katherine hit-and-run, Alice Springs road death over the weekend
NT Police are investigating the death of a pedestrian in an Alice Springs road crash on Sunday morning, as well as the alleged hit-and-run of another pedestrian in Katherine on Saturday, that left that person in hospital with serious injuries.
Death of person who ‘works with courts’ forces shut down of Darwin Local Court
The Darwin Local Court was shut down on Friday afternoon after a person died following a “medical episode”, court officials said, with the public being moved on as the body was removed from the building.
Man injured by taxi driver after allegedly assaulting him dies in hospital
A 50-year-old man who allegedly assaulted a taxi driver in Casuarina last week and suffered head injuries after the driver allegedly fought back has died in hospital, NT Police said.
Man stabbed in Nightcliff
A man was stabbed in the stomach in Nightcliff and later underwent surgery for his injuries, while his alleged attacker has been arrested, it has been reported.
Top traffic cop denies interfering in son’s alleged drink driving incident
The Territory Road Policing Division boss Superintendent Daniel Shean allegedly intervened to block his son being investigated and possibly charged for allegedly drink driving, multiple sources have told the NT Independent, while the now former officer has denied the allegations.
Two Darwin prisoners who broke out of watch house apprehended
UPDATED: Two prisoners who broke out of the Darwin City watch house around 4:50am this morning in an unexplained escape, have been apprehended, authorities said.