A 14-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital after a brawl broke out in Casuarina

A teenage boy has been treated for minor injuries after allegedly being struck by a pair of scissors during a Casuarina brawl.

A 14-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after being allegedly struck with a pair of scissors following a brawl outside the Casuarina Shopping Centre.

Police received reports of fighting between two young males near the Casuarina Bus Interchange at 3.15pm on Friday.

The large crowd quickly dispersed upon police arrival.

Police arrested an adult woman who was in possession of a baseball bat, though there was no evidence the item was used in an assault.

The 14-year-old was treated by St John Ambulance for a small laceration to his chest after he was allegedly struck with a pair of scissors.

Police said investigations into the incident remained ongoing.

Dramatic arrest of man wanted over alleged servo arson

Police have released a video of the dramatic arrest of a man wanted over the alleged arson of a Katherine service station and two vehicles earlier this week.

The 29-year-old was apprehended in bushland in Humpty Doo on Tuesday and charged with a string of offences including arson, unlawful entry, property damage and dangerous driving.

He was remanded to face the Darwin Local Court on Friday while investigations remain ongoing.

Woman suffers head injuries in Darwin pedestrian crash

A woman suffered head injuries in a pedestrian crash in the Darwin suburbs overnight.

NT Police Northern Watch Commander Greg Lamb said police received reports a woman had been struck on Victoria Dr, in Gray, at 9.50pm on Thursday.

He said the woman had suffered head injuries and was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital.

He said she was currently still receiving treatment on Friday morning.

“We’re not 100 per cent sure what her injuries are,” he said.

He said the vehicle was still at the scene when police arrived and that the driver of the had tested negative for both drugs and alcohol.

He said investigations into the incident remained ongoing.

In a separate incident, youths were taken into custody after allegedly stealing a vehicle from Palmerston council offices overnight.

Mr Lamb said the youths allegedly stole a vehicle from the scene that was then involved in a crash about 3km south of the Coolalinga lights on Stuart Hwy.

He said the crash was reported to police about 2.05am Friday.

He said police apprehended two youths from the location of the crash and investigations into the incident remained ongoing.

Police arrest man who allegedly set servo, two cars on fire

Police have arrested a man who allegedly set fire to the inside of a service station in Katherine before also setting fire to two getaway vehicles and bushland on Tuesday.

Investigators allege the 29-year-old was involved in a robbery at the servo using a white Toyota HiLux at about 1.10pm before the vehicle was seen driving dangerously around the region throughout the evening.

The same HiLux was then later found burnt out at the scene of another unlawful entry at a business on the Stuart Hwy in Birdum where a Toyota LandCruiser was also stolen.

At midnight, the LandCruiser was spotted travelling along the highway approaching Darwin’s Rural Area and police from Darwin, Palmerston, Batchelor and Adelaide River were all deployed, including officers from the dog squad and Strike Force Trident.

An NT Police spokesman said the squads successfully deployed tyre spikes, bringing the vehicle to a halt on Beaumont Road, Humpty Doo.

“The driver allegedly exited the vehicle (and) set it alight, before fleeing into nearby bushland, setting the bushland alight as well,” he said.

“Members from the dog operations unit apprehended the man a short time later while the NT Fire and Rescue Service extinguished both the vehicle and bushland fires.”

The spokesman said the man remained in police custody on Wednesday afternoon and was expected to be charged with multiple serious offences.

“NT Police would like to thank the members of the public who made contact and provided vital information on the movements of the two vehicles,” he said.

Anyone with further information is urged to make contact on 131 444.

Call for information as servo set alight

Northern Territory police are appealing to the public for information after a robbery and arson incident at a Katherine service station.

NT Police said they received reports at 1.10pm on Wednesday that a man had allegedly entered a service station on Victoria Highway, Katherine South, and set fire to the inside of the station.

They said an employee extinguished the fire prior to the arrival of emergency services.

Police said he allegedly fled the scene in a Toyota HiLux with no registration plates.

Police said CCTV footage depicted the offender as an adult male wearing a balaclava to obscure his identity.

They said the male was driving a single cab two wheel drive white Toyota HiLux with a rusted flat-bed tray and damage to the driver’s side door, including a missing wing mirror and door handle.

They said the vehicle was last seen travelling west on Victoria Highway.

Katherine Criminal Investigation Branch detectives are investigating the incident.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact 131 444 and quote reference 10328228.

Four people injured after single vehicle rollover on Tiger Brennan Drive

Four people are in hospital after a single vehicle rollover on one of Darwin’s main arterial roads.

A St Johns NT spokeswoman said three people, two of whom were in a critical condition, were taken to Royal Darwin Hospital.

However an NT Health spokeswoman said four men, all aged in their 30s, were in hospital in a stable condition.

The single vehicle crash occurred 200m from the Tivendale Road intersection on Tiger Brennan Drive, about 9.15am Tuesday morning.

Three ambulances arrived at the scene with an intensive care paramedic.

One inbound lane remains blocked with traffic controls in place.

A police spokesman said some damage had been made to the road.

Motorists are urged to avoid the area.

Pedestrian in hospital after strike on Rapid Creek road

Police are advising motorists to avoid Trower Road in Rapid Creek after a pedestrian was hit by a car on Monday afternoon.

Outbound traffic was being diverted off Trower Road onto Rapid Creek Road while paramedics treat the woman.

Reports of the incident emerged at about 3.30pm with a suggestion the woman had died.

Police say she is being treated for serious head injuries at the scene before being taken by ambulance to Royal Darwin Hospital.

Pedestrian lights have recently been installed at the Rapid Creek shops but had not been activated.

Anybody with information can contact police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Teen arrested after gang of youths threatens man in home invasion

Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy after up to six armed youths threatened a Nightcliff man with a knife during a violent home invasion on Sunday.

An NT Police spokesman said the youths were “armed with various weapons” when they entered the property on Chapman Rd at about 12.30am.

“The offenders have allegedly threatened the male resident with a knife before stealing a number of items, punching him in the head and stealing a Subaru WRX from the location,” he said.

“General duties police attended the scene initially and the vehicle was recovered abandoned a short time later in Malak.”

Almost 12 hours later, Serious Crime Detectives arrested the 15-year-old at a residence in Leanyer, charging him with aggravated unlawful entry, aggravated robbery, deprivation of liberty and aggravated unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

He was remanded to appear in court on May 2.

Meanwhile, officers also arrested a man on outstanding warrants after the vehicle he was a passenger in was allegedly used to ram a police car in an unrelated incident on Saturday afternoon.

The spokesman said police received a report of the driver of a silver Ford Falcon threatening a passenger with a knife before they found the vehicle parked outside a business on Bishop Street in Woolner.

“While attempting to approach the vehicle on foot, the vehicle has allegedly abruptly reversed in the direction of officers before striking the police vehicle and driving off at speed,” he said.

“A police pursuit was terminated due to the dangerous driving of the vehicle.”

A 34-year-old man who detectives believe was a passenger in the vehicle was then arrested on Monday morning and bailed.

Investigations into the incidents remain ongoing with anyone with any information urged to call police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Teens threaten servo worker with knife, spear after Top End crime spree

Police are appealing for help to catch four youths who threatened a service station worker with a knife and a spear after officers made a series of arrests following a weekend crime spree.

At about 11pm on Sunday night, police responded to reports of four armed male youths entering a servo on Katherine Terrace in Katherine.

The boys allegedly threatened an employee before stealing two tills and fleeing the scene, only to abandon their haul a short time later.

Meanwhile, investigators continue to probe a string of vehicle thefts and ram raids across Darwin during the weekend, with a number of suspects now in custody.

Police arrested two youths aged 13 and 16 on Saturday after a woman allegedly woke to find the pair inside her home before they stole a number of items and fled the scene in her car.

Officers later spotted the vehicle driving erratically in Coolalinga, along with a second car, which they pursued through the northern suburbs before finding the vehicles abandoned and the youths hiding nearby.

Also on Saturday police were pursuing a stolen vehicle along Channel Island Rd in the early hours of the morning when the vehicle did a U-turn and allegedly drove at police while its occupants threw machinery at them before speeding off.

Again the officers later saw the vehicle in the company of another stolen car allegedly speeding on McMillans Rd, before following them to Palmerston where one of them stopped and the occupants attempted to flee.

Police managed to arrest one 16-year-old while the second vehicle was tracked to Adelaide River where three youths aged 14, 17 and 17 were arrested and two others fled on foot.

Then just after midnight on Sunday a 20-year-old man was arrested after allegedly breaking into a licenced premises on Chung Wah Terrace in Palmerston, which was again hit by alleged thieves four hours later.

Those alleged offenders, aged 18 and 22, were arrested and charged over the break in.

At about 3am on Sunday, two more cars were stolen from a residence in Muirhead while another two were pinched from separate properties in Zuccoli.

All four cars were then driven to a licenced premises on the Stuart Hwy in Stuart Park where one of them was used to ram raid the business, causing “significant damage to the entrance”.

Three youths were arrested and were assisting police with their inquiries into a total of three commercial ram raids that night.

An NT Police spokesman urged anyone with any information about any of the incidents to come forward.

“These types of incidents affect not only the business owners but also the wider community and the police are committed to ensuring the safety and security of Territorians,” he said.

“These incidents remind us that we must all work together to prevent criminal activities in our community.

“Being vigilant and reporting suspicious behaviour can help keep our neighbourhoods safe and secure.”

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