NT Police have used fingerprints to identify people they believe were involved in a string of burglaries in Katherine overnight, that included hitting the same house twice and assaulting a resident, and are calling for anyone with information to come forward.
A woman was sexually assaulted in the main street of Katherine in the early house of Sunday morning by two men, with one of the alleged offenders having been arrested, NT Police said.
Three males broke into a house in Alice Springs with unspecified weapons around midnight, and stole a car after confronting the owner, NT Police said.
Three males armed with an ‘edged weapon’ broke into an Alice Springs house at night, and confronted the occupant, before stealing from them, NT Police said.
Three people have been killed in a road crash at Hayes Creek, NT Police said.
A 79-year-old man was assaulted by a group of five male youths during a home invasion in Tennant Creek, with the offenders still on the run, NT Police said.
NT Police officers need ‘safe places’ away from major police stations where members can receive counselling and the government needs to fully fund and staff a wellbeing team to deliver preventative and responsive services, the union representing the NT’s cops said, while the Police Minister has refused to provide more details around proposed new wellbeing services for officers.
A man died after his ute rolled at Berry Springs on Tuesday afternoon, NT Police said.
Police are searching for a group of 10 youths who allegedly broke into a Katherine home overnight – including “at least one” armed with a weapon – who allegedly sexually assaulted two females in the home, damaged property and stole items before fleeing the scene.
More than two years after a secret review into well-being services for police found there was no defined strategy to deal with mental health matters, the Lawler Government has established an early intervention program for police well-being, while a former officer who is still waiting for a wellness check three years after he left the force said it has taken too long.
EXCLUSIVE: The police officer who fired a single shot at a disturbed man in Parap last week that missed the target is currently a trained marksman in the elite NT Police’s Territory Response Group, the NT Independent can reveal, who was in the IRT unit back in 2019 when he sent racist text messages calling Indigenous people “n****rs”, but was later promoted to the TRG.
A driver who hit a pedestrian, leaving her in a critical condition, had alcohol in his system and is expected to be charged today, NT Police said.
