A 18-year-old woman allegedly spat at a police officer before pulling an edged weapon on two officers while being arrested after she had allegedly assaulted transit security officers, NT Police said.
Man’s body found on side of Stuart Hwy may have been there for five days: Police
A missing man’s body was found on the side of the Stuart Highway on Tuesday, NT Police said, with initial investigations indicating he may have been killed after falling from a vehicle.
School sent into lockdown after alleged assault of students
Police are investigating the alleged assault of four students at O’Loughlin Catholic College in Darwin, NT Police has said.
Female youths assaulting citizens and stealing grog overnight: Police
A woman was allegedly assaulted in an attempt to steal her handbag by a group of youths while walking in Karama, NT Police said, while another incident involved a group of “at least four youth intruders” breaking into a Nightcliff business and stealing “a large quantity of alcohol”.
Teacher charged for allegedly hitting a student
A Darwin Middle School teacher has been charged for allegedly hitting a student in class, NT Police said.
Police Minister who shared racist Facebook posts calls Anti-Discrimination Commission on cops
UPDATED: Police Minister Brent Potter says he and the Attorney General have called in the NT Anti-Discrimination Commission to investigate racist award certificates handed out by NT Police TRG members, but says there is no hypocrisy in him criticising the police members’ actions despite posting racist, homophobic and misogynistic material on social media around the same time the TRG awards were produced.
Kids arrested after allegedly stealing a taxi
Two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old, who were chased by police after allegedly stealing a taxi they had been passengers in, have been arrested NT Police said.
No disciplinary action against TRG officers until investigation completed as racist award certificates released
There will be no disciplinary action taken against senior police officers who gave evidence to the coroner denying the TRG’s Nooguda award was racist until an investigation into the matter is complete, Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has said, which followed the lifting of a suppression order on the publication of certificates handed out with the award, including one that had an Aboriginal flag backdrop.
Two robberies with weapons in Katherine, taxi driver assaulted and had car stolen
Two businesses in Katherine were robbed with weapons by different groups of kids, while a taxi driver in the town was bashed by a passenger and had his car stolen, NT Police said.
Two males charged in connection to last week’s fatal crash involving stolen ute in Alice Springs
Two 18-year-old males have been charged in connection to a fatal crash in a stolen vehicle that occurred on Railway Terrace, Alice Springs last week, which killed another 18-year-old male in an incident that saw multiple youths leave the teen to die with no assistance after the crash.
Police investigating ‘physical altercation’ between teacher and student at Darwin school
NT Police is investigating a “physical altercation” between a teacher and a student at Darwin Middle School, the Education Department has confirmed.
Man pulled from wheelchair in home invasion: police
A woman who broke into an Alice Springs house and pulled the resident from his wheelchair while robbing him, is still on the run, NT Police said.