One person was taken to hospital with cuts to his back and three others were arrested after a machete fight through the Alice Springs CBD on Friday afternoon, NT Police said, while other offenders remain at large.
AFP investigating dysfunction in NT Police top brass
EXCLUSIVE: The NT Police top brass is currently under investigation by a senior member of the Australian Federal Police, the NT Independent can reveal, who was recently sworn in to conduct a probe into “allegations against a number of people up on the top floor”.
80-year-old woman robbed and assaulted in home invasion by kids as young as eight: Police
Four youths aged between eight and 12 allegedly robbed an 80-year-old woman on Wednesday night after breaking into her Karama home, assaulting her and demanding her car keys, NT Police said.
‘Detrimental change’: NT Police’s Darwin property and juvenile crime unit to be moved
Darwin’s property and juvenile crime police unit, Strike Force Trident, is being moved from the Casuarina Police Station to be absorbed by the Crime and Intelligence Command at the Peter McCauley Centre, the police union has said, a move the man who established the unit said could see members siphoned off to other parts of the agency due to political pressures, leading to a potential increase in property crime.
Alice Springs woman sexually assaulted while putting child into vehicle
A woman securing her child into her vehicle at a Gregory Terrace carpark in Alice Springs just after noon on Monday was allegedly indecently assaulted by a male youth, with police now calling for the public’s help to identify the male.
Man arrested for alleged indecent assault at campground
A 55-year-old man has been charged with gross indecency without consent in relation to an alleged indecent assault at a roadhouse campground in the Barkly region on Friday night, NT Police said.
‘The other executives will be furious’: Commander beats assistant commissioners to deputy top cop role
Police Commissioner Martin Dole has appointed Commander James J. O’Brien as acting deputy commissioner, leap-frogging him over four assistant commissioners and three acting assistant commissioners, in a move labelled “very odd” and a “massive slap in the face to all the staff ranked above him” by a former officer, but described as a “common occurrence” by the top cop.
Investigation into alleged fraudulent how-to-vote cards still ongoing, police say
A police investigation into Darwin Mayor Peter Styles’ alleged involvement in the production and distribution of fraudulent how-to-vote cards that is now entering its sixth month remains ongoing, NT Police say, despite recent claims by one of the subjects of the investigation that everyone has been cleared of wrongdoing.
Meth, weapons and counterfeit cash seized from Coconut Grove car yard
Four people are facing charges in connection to “multiple disturbances” at a car yard in Coconut Grove, including one allegedly involving a gun, which NT Police said resulted in the seizure of weapons, a trafficable quantity of meth and $800 in counterfeit cash.
Teen released from custody after arrest for alleged indecent assault
A 16-year-old male has been released from custody with no charges after he was arrested early Sunday morning in connection to an incident involving a male allegedly entering an Alice Springs home and attempting to indecently assault a female inside, NT Police said.
Police executives among three officers issued disciplinary notices for alleged racist comments
Three senior NT Police officers, including two executives, were issued with serious discipline breach notices for alleged racist comments during a recent senior management meeting, with one of the accused identified as one of five officers who lied in a statutory declaration to the Kumanjayi Walker coronial inquest, sources have told the NT Independent.
Youths smash up service station in Katherine
Youths allegedly committed three different lots of property damage in Katherine, including damaging a service station, smashing a house window, and damaging two cars, with police investigating if they were committed by the same group.