UPDATED: A 40-year-old male police officer is facing drink driving charges and going armed in public following “an incident” in Muirhead over the weekend, NT Police said.
Youths involved in Don Dale riot facing 79 charges, including arson and assault
Fourteen youths are facing 79 charges in connection to a riot at the Don Dale youth detention facility earlier this month that saw fires set to buildings, a police officer injured and an overnight rooftop stand-off involving six detainees.
Five-year-old sexually assaulted in remote community: Police
Three male youths are under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old child who is known to them in an unnamed MacDonnell Region community, NT Police said.
Elderly man who gave lift to three female youths assaulted, robbed
An 83-year-old Katherine man who gave three female youths a ride home was later allegedly assaulted by the girls who stole his vehicle, NT Police said, and remain at large.
Police seek CCTV of hit-and-run that injured three people
Two people suffered critical injuries, and one person serious injuries, in a hit-and-run near the coastal reserve in Brinkin overnight, NT Police said.
Kids arrested over two alleged attempted carjackings and taxi driver bashing
A video shows how two young teenagers and two 11-year-olds attempted a carjacking using a knife, with the group later being arrested after NT Police said they also allegedly tried to carjack a taxi before bashing the driver and stealing from his car. SEE the video.
Woman taken to hospital with serious injuries after Alice Springs street fight
A woman was taken to hospital with serious cuts to her head, and hand injuries, after a fight in the street in Alice Springs on Thursday morning, NT Police said.
Tyre spikes used to stop stolen car, Taser used on driver: Police
Police used tyre spikes to stop a stolen car officers had chased along two highways, and then tasered the driver after he failed to “follow directions” after pulling into a Humpty Doo property, NT Police said.
Cavenagh Street sex assault caught on CCTV leads to arrest
NT Police CCTV operators witnessed a woman being sexually assaulted by an unknown male in the Darwin CBD early Wednesday morning, dispatching police to the scene where a man was arrested, police said.
Youth curfew lifted in Alice Springs as Police Minister flags changing law if used again
Police Minister Brent Potter has patted himself on the back for a job done, declaring the Alice Springs youth curfew and emergency situation a huge success, but conceded the government would look at changing legislation before enacting a curfew in other communities.
Police looking for Palmerston flasher
Police are looking for a man who allegedly indecently exposed himself in Woodroffe this morning.
Another home invasion in Alice as senior threatened in bedroom by man armed with a hammer
Police are searching for a hammer-wielding man who allegedly broke into a woman’s East Side Alice Springs home around midnight and threatened her in her bedroom, demanding keys before stealing cash and her phone.