A female pedestrian was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital with multiple fractures after police said she walked onto the Stuart Highway in Darwin, and was hit by a car.
Three youths arrested for two car thefts, two crashes
A man who was trying to clear a Darwin street of a bicycle “strategically placed” as an obstacle by four alleged youth offenders aged as young as 11 who had just crashed a stolen vehicle, was threatened with a machete by the group, who then stole his car and drove off before crashing it, NT Police said.
Youths hit female worker in head with stick in Palmerston car park
A group of unidentified youths allegedly struck a 62-year-old woman in the head with a weapon on Monday night that left her disoriented and seeking help at the YMCA gym before collapsing on the floor with blood coming out of her head.
‘Told him he was going to die’: Senior bashed in head with iron bar nearly dies after treatment delays
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.