A 28-year-old Palmerston man was arrested at a Bakewell home for allegedly grooming a 13-year-old online and related child abuse material offences, NT Police said.
Police investigating pedestrian strike in Acacia; fatal crash in remote area
UPDATED: NT Police are investigating after a driver in Acacia travelling to work on Tuesday morning said he struck an object on the road that he later identified as a man, with police seeking the public’s help to identify the injured man who remains in hospital in a critical condition.
Cop facing five charges for alleged drunken night out in Palmerston
A 43-year-old male police officer has been suspended with pay after he was charged with disorderly behaviour, careless driving and failing to provide a breath analysis, among other offences over the weekend in Palmerston, NT Police said.
Health Department won’t explain armed hospital breach, Minister won’t acknowledge it amid safety fears
NT Health Department acting chief executive Susan Bowden has refused to explain how men armed with a machete and a nulla-nulla entered Tennant Creek Hospital to allegedly assault a patient last week, while the Australian Medical Association has raised safety concerns and NT WorkSafe has pledged to inquire into the incident after the department failed to notify the workplace regulator.
Hospital assault kept secret by police media
Three men carrying a machete and a nulla-nulla assaulted a patient inside Tennant Creek Hospital on the same night another man was stabbed to death in the town as part of ongoing fighting, details of which were kept hidden from the public by NT Police.
Woman jolted awake while being stabbed at Palmerston house: Police
A 23-year-old woman is in hospital after being stabbed in the head and chest while she slept at a Zuccoli residence around 3:35am, NT Police said.
Chief Minister misled Parliament about senior police response to major integrity failures
EXCLUSIVE: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has refused to explain why she misled Estimates hearings about what action the NT Police executive leadership team has taken to address the serious integrity failures identified in the Justice Alan Blow report into senior police promotion and recruitment processes.
Boy indecently assaulted by 18-year-old in Alice Springs supermarket: Police
An 18-year-old male has been arrested after police allege he indecently assaulted “a boy aged between 12 and 16” who was not known to him at a supermarket in the Alice Springs CBD Wednesday afternoon.
Armed youths flee after threatening sleeping camper
A man was threatened with weapons while sleeping in a tent at an Alice Springs caravan park early Tuesday morning, NT Police said.
Woman accused of torching storage units after ram raid
A woman has been charged with arson and ram-raiding offences over a fire at a storage units building in Pinelands, NT Police said.
Senior bureaucrat sues government over ‘one-minute’ termination reversal
A former Northern Territory deputy chief executive has taken the government to court, alleging she was unfairly sacked after allegedly speaking disrespectfully about Education Minister Jo Hersey, and claiming a later “loss of confidence” reason for her dismissal was a pretext, issued one minute after an earlier misconduct-based termination was withdrawn and just two days after she asserted her natural justice rights.
Toddler, pregnant woman assaulted at Alice Springs footy match
A pregnant woman and her two-year-old child were allegedly assaulted at an Alice Springs football game on Sunday afternoon, NT Police said, after a group of women attending the match started fighting, leading to a “large disturbance” that saw another woman suffer head injuries from an “edged weapon”.