A Tennant Creek senior who was struck in the head with an iron bar during a violent home invasion in December was rushed to Darwin to stop bleeding on his brain after days of delays to proper health treatment, a source has said.
Palmerston man charged with possessing child abuse materials
A 38-year-old man was arrested on Friday at his Palmerston home following a Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) investigation involving NT Police and AFP officers, who served a search warrant at his residence where several alleged child abuse materials were confiscated.
Charges laid: Burgoyne breaks silence over vehicle crash that injured healthcare workers
Alice Springs CLP MLA Josh Burgoyne has spoken publicly about a vehicle crash he was involved in last August that sent two healthcare workers to hospital, four days after the incident was made public in the media, and the same day police charged him over the crash.
NT Police calling for witnesses into fatal Bagot Road crash
NT Police are seeking any witnesses who may have information about a fatal single-vehicle crash that happened near Bagot Road and Fitzer Drive around 11 pm on Monday.
Police still investigating Barkly mayor for sitting on child as he moves interstate
Suspended Barkly Regional Council Mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin is still being investigated by police for sitting on a child during a claimed “citizen’s arrest”, more than five months after it happened, and three months after a man who was threatening the same boy was charged with aggravated assault.
Man bashed, knocked unconscious in home invasion
A Coconut Grove man suffered head injuries after his home was broken into and he was bashed and knocked unconscious, with the offenders still in the run, NT Police said.
Builder committed to stand trial over worker’s death
The owner of a building company has been committed to stand trial for industrial manslaughter over the death of a worker in 2020, NT Worksafe has said.
Man arrested over robbery
A man threatened service station staff with an unspecified edged weapon multiple times in an armed robbery in Tennant Creek, NT Police said.
Man arrested for carrying machete, having a replica pistol and drugs
A man who was carrying a machete towards a vehicle which had a replica pistol on its bumper, and was parked near a package filled with an “amphetamine-type substance”, has been arrested, NT Police said.
Driver rescued from remote river
A man who was forced to climb on the roof of his ute after he got struck in a remote flooded river crossing was rescued by police.
Man arrested over alleged sexual assault of four-year-old girl in Tennant Creek
UPDATED: A man in Tennant Creek has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child, NT Police said, and was charged on Friday.
Stolen motorcycle rider who struck cop with bike arrested after crashing in Palmerston
A 20-year-old man who allegedly stole a motorbike before committing a number of crimes, including striking a police officer while ramming the gate of a Palmerston residence and later assaulting another officer, has been arrested, police said.