The parents of a child who was filmed while suspended Tennant Creek mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin sat on him and another man abused and threatened the boy, want criminal charges laid against the mayor, while also seeking legal advice about taking civil action against him and the NT News.
Three teenagers were arrested and two “people” are still on the run after police stopped their stolen car using tyre spikes, NT Police said, while two teens and a 12-year-old were arrested and returned to “responsible adults” after also being stopped in a stolen car after two sets of tyre spikes were deployed.
At least four people are on the run after committing one of two break-ins of licensed businesses in Darwin, NT Police told the media.
NT Police are calling for the public’s help to identify a male who allegedly entered a home on Van Senden Avenue in Alice Springs Monday morning, just before 9am, where he allegedly sexually assaulted an adult female.
A 12-year-old boy allegedly rammed a car occupied by two security guards with a stolen 4WD in Alice Springs, attempted to ram a police car, then hit another police car, before being stopped with tyre spikes, NT Police said.
A 15-year-old boy has died and two others were injured in a single-vehicle crash along a stretch of Stuart Highway near Coolalinga at 12:15 am on Sunday, NT Police said.
There are three less police officers in Alice Springs now than in late January when the Prime Minister announced there would be 30 more police, NT Police Association president Nathan Finn said, accusing the government of misleading the public and saying there are not enough police to fill regular shifts, let alone provide the 50 “extra” officers daily that were promised recently.
NT Police have warned the public not to approach a man they believe breached his bail, but failed to tell the public he had previously served time for killing a man in a remote community.
An unidentified offender is on the run after stealing a 4WD and colliding it with a stationary car occupied by a woman and a one-year-old girl, NT Police said.
A man who allegedly drove his vehicle at a woman before crashing into the house behind her has been charged with recklessly endangering serious harm, and being armed with an offensive weapon, NT Police said.
The GEMCO mine on Groote Eylandt has been broken into for a third time in less than two months, sources have said.
A fatal hit-and-run crash involving a cyclist in Nhulunbuy early Sunday morning is the focus of an NT Police investigation, with police calling for any witnesses to come forward.
