Cops warn rev heads not to try to emulate their racing heroes ahead of weekend Supercars action

Police have warned Supercars fans not to try to emulate their racing heroes on public roads, with extra patrols hitting the streets this weekend.

POLICE have warned Supercars fans not to try to emulate their racing heroes on public roads, with extra patrols hitting the streets this weekend.

Superintendent John Ginnane said rev heads should not “try and mimic the behaviour of Supercars drivers” during the weekend’s action.

“If your name is not Peter Brock and it’s not Craig Lowndes, do not try and drive like Peter Brock or Craig Lowndes,” he said.

“A lot of drivers, particularly young drivers, massively over-estimate their own abilities behind the wheel of a motor car and it leads to very untidy, and quite often, tragic results.”

Supt Ginnane also warned drivers not to be tempted to get behind the wheel if they might be over the limit, saying “if you drink and drive this weekend, you are going to be caught”.

“The traffic police are at all major choke points in and around Hidden Valley that lead everywhere else into the greater Darwin area,” he said.

“They’ll be at the track, and there is absolutely no tolerance for this sort of behaviour this weekend.”

Trio of fishermen rescued from capsized boat

A JOINT effort from NT Police and the Australian Defence Force has rescued a trio of fishermen after their boat suddenly capsized.

At 2pm on Monday the Joint Coordination Centre received an EPIRB activation from a boat in the vicinity of Charles Point.

The vessel was carrying three men, aged 21, 61 and 62, who had been out fishing when their boar suddenly took on water and overturned in a matter of minutes.

A Royal Australian Navy Patrol Boat was the first to find the men and transported them to a Water Police vessel who helped them back to Darwin.

Acting Senior Sergeant Anthony Clarke said the successful response was thanks to

“While definitely shaken from the ordeal, luckily none of these fishos were injured after spending nearly an hour clinging to their overturned boat,” Mr Clarke said.

“The successful response to this incident can be attributed to excellent communication between all responding agencies.

“And also to the owner of the boat who had everything required at hand, including his mobile phone and EPIRB safely stowed in easy to reach waterproof grab bags.

“NT Water Police returned to the semi-submerged vessel, towed it into a sheltered bay and tied it off so it did not drift and become a navigation hazard to passing vessels.”

A joint effort from NT Police and the Australian Defence Force has rescued a trio of fishermen after their boat suddenly capsized. Picture: NTPFES

Man arrested after alleged servo assault

A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN has been arrested following an alleged unprovoked attack on two women in Alice Springs on Wednesday morning.

The two women, both 27, went to a service station on Railway Tce at 3.50am.

Police allege the man followed one woman to her vehicle where he assaulted her and continued doing so until the second woman intervened.

It is then alleged the man turned on the second woman, assaulting her as well before leaving the scene.

Detective Constable First Class Vanessa Heffernan said neither woman suffered life threatening injuries.

“Both women were taken to the Alice Springs Hospital for treatment following what can only be described as a violent unprovoked assault,” Heffernan said.

“It is unbelievable the women did not suffer more significant injuries.”

Using CCTV footage police were able to find the man, who was arrested and taken to the Alice Springs Watch House.

Teens arrested after alleged damage, theft of businesses

TWO teenagers have been arrest by police after damaging and stealing from Top End businesses.

NT Police allege the pair damaged several properties and stole from two businesses in Fannie Bay in the early hours of Saturday.

Police allege on a separate occasion the two boys activated a business alarm in Berrimah after damaging the property and then fleeing the scene on Sunday evening.

Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Bland said the teenagers were seen on CCTV on both occasions.

“Detectives from Strike Force Trident arrested them both yesterday without incident,” he said.

A 16-year-old boy was charged with two counts of unlawful entry, four counts of damage to property, two counts of stealing and one count of trespassing.

He was remanded to appear in the Darwin Local Court on Wednesday.

Another 16-year-old boy will be dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justice Act.

Woman taken to hospital after serious assault

NT Police are calling for witnesses of a serious domestic assault which left a woman with spinal injuries in Alice Springs last week.

Around 9.40pm on June 8, witnesses spotted a man dragging and assaulting the 27-year-old woman along Gap Rd.

The group intervened and stopped the man from dealing more pain.

The man fled from the scene in the direction of Telegraph Tce.

Investigations indicate the man and woman know one another.

The woman was taken to Alice Springs Hospital and was later flown to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with serious spinal injuries.

Police have doorknocked the area and now urge anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage of Gap Rd and Telegraph Tce between 9pm and 10pm on June 8 to submit it to authorities.

Teens arrested after car thefts

NT Police have arrested eight teenagers in relation to a slew of crimes, including car theft and unlawful entries, across Katherine last week.

Police say between June 11 and 8, four properties were broken into resulting in the theft of eight vehicles.

A further five businesses were also allegedly unlawfully entered during the period.

Eight teens, aged between 14 and 19, have been since been arrested and charged.

Their charges include unlawful entry of a dwelling at night, unlawful entry of a building at night, aggravated unlawful use of motor vehicle, stealing, trespassing, driving unlicensed and being armed with an offensive weapon.

A further six youths are being dealt with under the provision of the Youth Justice Act.

Superintendent Craig Garland said there was no excuse for the offending.

“Detectives from Strike Force Cerberus are continuing to investigate these incidents and it is likely that there will be further offenders identified and prosecuted,” Supt Garland said.

“There is no excuse for this type of offending in our community or anywhere, it’s unacceptable.”

Two arrested following Vanderlin Dr robbery

TWO men have been arrested in relation to an alleged violent robbery at a service station on Vanderlin Dr on Friday morning.

Police allege the pair, along with a third offender, went to the business where they caused extensive damage and threatened the attendant.

They then went on to steal a number of items including tobacco products before fleeing the property.

“Police were on the scene within minutes and members from general duties and Strike Force Trident gave chase on foot,” Acting Senior Sergeant Riva Zio said.

“The Dog Operations Unit deployed Patrol Dog Drax, who located two alleged offenders hiding in bushes on a nearby private property.”

Police arrested a 16-year-old and a 24-year-old who were still in possession of allegedly stolen property.

Investigations are ongoing with police still searching for the third offender.

“We are reviewing CCTV of the incident and are confident of apprehending the remaining offender,” Acting Sergeant Dale Motter-Barnard said.

Single vehicle rollover on major Top End road

TWO people were rushed to hospital on Thursday morning after a single vehicle rollover on a major Top End road.

St John NT operations manager Craig Garraway said the Thursday morning scene was still being cleared until about 7am on Tiger Brennan Dr.

“Two people from that crash were taken to the Royal Darwin Hospital with minor injuries,” Mr Garraway told ABC Darwin.

In Central Australia, a man broke his leg after running into a tree about 125 km from the start line of the Finke Desert Race and also, a car collided with a motorhome 40km outside of Alice Springs on Wednesday afternoon.

“We had a couple of incidents down in Alice Springs obviously Alice is very busy at the moment with the Finke Desert Race,” Mr Garraway said.

“Luckily they only had minor injuries (in the collision), one person with a broken wrist I think was the worst injury.”

Tiwi man arrested

A 30-YEAR-OLD man in Tiwi has been arrested after allegedly being found to be in possession of child abuse material.

Detectives from the NT Police Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team undertook a search warrant on the man’s mobile on Monday.

There they allegedly discovered the phone contained child abuse material.

The 30-year-old has been charged with Commonwealth offences including transmit child abuse material, access child abuse material, solicit child abuse material and possession of child abuse material.

Detective Acting Sergeant Mark Cronin said he was remanded to appear in Darwin Local Court on Wednesday.

“The Northern Territory JACET will continue to work with our national partners to disrupt and prosecute anyone involved in producing, transmitting or consuming child abuse material,” he said.

Man arrested after gun fired in remote community

A 23-year-old has been charged after allegedly firing a gun in a West Daly region community on Monday morning.

At 9.30am, police were told about the man walking around the community with a firearm following an alleged disagreement he had with another man.

The man allegedly fired one shot into the air before another community member was able to disarm him.

The 23-year-old continued to make threats and was arrested by police after a short foot chase.

He has been charged with going armed in public, assault, discharge a firearm causing danger, carry a loaded firearm in a public place and possess/use firearm while unlicensed.

He was remanded to appear in court.

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