A 25-year-old Palmerston man has been arrested and charged after a raid of his home yesterday uncovered child abuse and animal sexual abuse material, NT Police said.
Police call for witnesses, dashcam footage of last Friday’s Pinelands fatal pedestrian strike
Detectives investigating the death of a man who was struck by a vehicle on the inbound lane of the Stuart Highway at Pinelands on Friday, February 27, have appealed to the public for witnesses or dashcam footage of the incident.
Police arrest escaped prisoner in Alice Springs
UPDATED: NT Police have located 20-year-old Murphy Ward who escaped from Corrections while in the custody of private firm G4S on Monday afternoon, but police had failed to inform the public that Ward was recently charged with a series of violent crimes, including aggravated assault and choking, strangling and suffocating.
Woman hospitalised, two arrested over pedestrian strike in Tennant Creek
A woman suffering “visible head injuries” is in hospital in a serious condition after being struck by a car in Tennant Creek this morning, with two men in their 20s later arrested, NT Police said.
High school staff member assaulted by student: Police
A 15-year-old male has been arrested in connection to the alleged assault of a female staff member at Tennant Creek High School on Monday, NT Police said.
Palmerston stolen car crime spree, attempted carjacking in shopping centre car park over weekend
A 30-year-old man was arrested Sunday morning with an “edged weapon” in his possession after he allegedly approached a woman heading to her car in an underground car park at a Palmerston shopping centre before assaulting her while trying to take her car, NT Police said.
Auxiliary cop facing fraud charges
An NT Police auxiliary officer has been suspended with pay after being charged with obtaining a financial benefit by deception, police said in a statement.
Officer shoots at ute before it rammed police vehicle in Alice Springs
UPDATED: An NT Police officer fired three shots at a Mazda ute that was being driven towards him and a police vehicle at considerable speed in Alice Springs overnight, a video released by police shows, with 10 charges now laid against the 38-year-old driver. WATCH THE VIDEO
Calls for Police Commissioner to explain why executive team is under investigation by the AFP
Territory police officers want to know why the entire NT Police top brass is currently under investigation by the Australian Federal Police, the union representing the cops has said, while questions about perceived conflicts of interest in the investigation have been ignored by all involved.
Jake Danby’s home detention order extended to two years on appeal
Jake Danby, the step-nephew of Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby, who bragged to friends and family about killing an Aboriginal man in a hit-and-run, had his sentence increased on Friday to two years home detention following an appeal of the original sentence.
Seven arrested over brutal baseball bat and scooter attack on teen girl
Seven girls and women have been arrested in Alice Springs for allegedly bashing a 16-year-old female last Friday which NT Police did not make public until today, while a video of the brutal attack shows the victim being being hit in the head with a scooter, bashed with a metal baseball bat, her head kicked and stomped on, and her assailants trying to smash her head into a bitumen road. Police have also alleged the group “forcibly removed her clothes” following the beating.
Infant allegedly assaulted by mother in remote community
An infant was taken to hospital in Alice Springs Sunday night after allegedly being assaulted by her 20-year-old mother in a remote MacDonnell Region community, NT Police said, while an investigation into the matter is currently ongoing.