A person has a serious eye injury after being hit with a stick thrown by one of a group of three youths inside a northern suburbs service station, NT Police said.


A person has a serious eye injury after being hit with a stick thrown by one of a group of three youths inside a northern suburbs service station, NT Police said.

A remote Territory mine site went into lockdown after two workers were injured following a group of unknown people breaking-in on Saturday morning, the company had said.

A 24-year-old man who allegedly raped a woman near the Darwin bus exchange on Thursday afternoon was on the loose for hours without the public being informed, before he was finally apprehended by police at Casuarina last evening, NT Police said.

Investigations are ongoing into the deadly Stuart Highway crash that killed six people, including an infant, in the worst road crash the Territory has seen in over 15 years, NT Police said.

A man has survived after he was hit by a car and thrown up to 20 metres through the air and off the Channel Island bridge, landing on the rocks below, the media has reported.

WARNING DISTURBING CONTENT: A Darwin crocodile researcher who referred to dogs as “sex toys” has pled guilty to charges including beastiality, animal cruelty, and possessing child abuse material, having filmed the extreme torture and killing of 39 dogs he had mostly sourced from Gumtree, where in some instances he had convinced distressed owners who were moving interstate that their pets were going to a good home.

NT Police are calling for the public’s help identifying potential arsonists after a vehicle fire in Katherine South on Monday morning caused the evacuation of nearby homes.

UPDATED: The woman charged over Chief Minister Natasha Fyles being hit in the face by what’s believed to be a cream-covered crepe on Sunday morning has been identified as a Darwin real estate agent.

A man was killed in a collision between a car and a truck in Alice Springs on Monday morning, NT Police said.

A 30-year-old Northern Territory police officer is in custody facing a string of serious sexual assault charges including rape, NT Police said.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested and is facing multiple charges following an “extensive investigation” into the cause of 80 illegal bushfires through the Greater Darwin region over a three month period, NT Police said.

Six people have been arrested over joyriding in two stolen cars in Coconut Grove, Berrimah, Palmerston, Marlow’s Lagoon, Coolalinga and Adelaide River overnight, NT Police said.