NT Police search for missing man Tony Rowe after night out

NT Police are wanting to speak to a woman who was last seen with missing man after a night out in Darwin.

UPDATE: NT POLICE are continuing their search for 36-year-old Tony Rowe, who has been missing for nearly 10 days.

Police are wanting to speak with a woman who might have information on the whereabouts of the missing man.

The woman is believed to have been with Mr Rowe when he was last seen at a licensed venue in Leanyer on Saturday, May 28.

Mr Rowe is described as caucasian, 179cm tall with a medium build, short light brown hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion.

He has a tattoo of a Viking on his right arm, and was last seen wearing shorts, a T-shirt and thongs.

Police urge anyone with information as to the identity of the woman or the location of Mr Rowe to contact police on 131 444 and quote the reference number 10021076.

Darwin man missing after night out in Leanyer

POLICE are searching for a 36-year-old man who has been missing for five days after a Saturday night out in Leanyer. Northern Territory Police are calling for information on the whereabouts of Tony Rowe, who has not been seen since Saturday 28 May.

Sergeant Wayne Miller said Mr Rowe was last seen in the company of a friend at a licensed venue in Leanyer around 10pm on Saturday night.

Sgt Miller said it was understood he was at a Palmerston venue earlier that evening.

Mr Rowe is described as caucasian, 179cm tall with a medium build, short light brown hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion.

He has a tattoo of a Viking on his right arm, and was last seen wearing shorts, T-shirt and thongs.

“Mr Rowe has health concerns and we understand he did not have his medication with him,” Sergeant Wayne Miller said.

He urged anyone with information to contact police on 131 444, and quote the reference number 10021076.

NT Police find Bryan Forrester, 62, from Santa Teresa

UPDATE: POLICE have thanked members of the Santa Teresa community who helped find a 63-year-old man.

Bryan Forrester was earlier reported to have disappeared from the Central Australian community.

In a statement late on Friday afternoon, NT Police said he had been located after a search of surrounding areas.

He was taken to the local clinic for observation.

EARLIER: POLICE have launched a search for a 62-year-old man with underlying health conditions after his disappearance from a remote Central Australian community on Thursday.

Bryan Forrester was last spotted walking away from a Santa Teresa home at around midday.

NT Police said he was described as “an elderly Indigenous man with white hair and a white beard and moustache”.

He was last known to be wearing a blue beanie, a brown dotted football jersey, a black jacket and a pair of thongs.

A local search by family members failed to find any trace of the man, and police then conducted a land search.

Police are urging any sightings of Mr Forrester to be reported to 131 444 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Alice Springs residents woken by ‘three to four’ kids rummaging through their home

A WOMAN in Alice Springs woke up to a distressing scene of “three to four” with flashlights moving through her house, in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Southern Watch Commander Andrew Heath said the Larapinta resident woke up to three to four youths searching through the Patterson Cres home at 2.50am.

“She believes that they were looking for her car keys to steal, so that matter is being followed up today,” Cmmr Heath said.

About 8.30pm on Wednesday, Cmmr Heath said a business on Ghan Rd was allegedly broken into by another group of youths, where they smashed the shop window and stole a cash register.

“Police attended and located the stolen property a short way down the road, the CCTV has been looked at and a number of the youths has been identified,” he said.

“The matter will be investigated today by Strike Force Viper.”

Alice Springs car fire

A CAR was set on fire in Alice Springs, with police investigating the cause.

Northern Territory Police and NT Fire and Rescue Service were called to the vehicle fire near Marshall Ct, Kilgariff about 1.20am on Tuesday.

Fire units arrived to find a Volvo SUV parked in the driveway set alight. The fire had begun to spread to a window frame of the unit.

Residents at the nearby units were evacuated. Fire crews extinguished the fire before police declared a crime scene.

An investigation is ongoing, with a fire investigator and forensics having assessed the scene.

Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 131 444 or via Crime stoppers anonymously on 1300 333 000.

Quote reference number 10021393.

THREE YOUNG PEOPLE IN CUSTODY FOR STEALING WEAPONS

Three young people are in police custody after breaking into Kintore police station and stealing a number of weapons.

Police claim on Sunday night the young people entered the local police officers’ accommodation stole keys to the station and then took a number of firearms and police accoutrements.

Remote police and Aboriginal Liaison Officers worked with community members to recover all of the firearms and identify the young people who were taken into police custody yesterday.

The young people are assisting police with further investigations.

TWO YOUNG PEOPLE ARRESTED OVER PARAP SERVO ROBBERY

TWO 12-year-old girls have been arrested and are assisting police after an alleged aggravated robbery at a Parap service station on Sunday night.

Police are looking for two other young women also believed to have been involved.

Police say that about 11pm on Sunday night four female youths allegedly entered the service station on the Stuart Hwy and threatened the console operator.

The staff member was not assaulted and the youths allegedly fled with quantities of tobacco and cash.

Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Bland said investigations were continuing to locate the remaining two offenders.

ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR TARGETED IN OPERATION

NORTHERN Territory Police say a new operation targeting anti-social behaviour and alcohol-fuelled violence is having a “significant effect”.

Operation Nehammer was established last month after a significant spike in anti-social behaviour and violence in the CBD and suburbs, with police conducting weekly operations.

Areas targeted last week included Karama, Nightcliff, Casuarina and Palmerston CBD.

Key statistics from the week ending May 26 include 175lt of alcohol tipped out and 320 people ‘moved on’.

A further 38 people were taken into protective custody, including returning people home or taking people home, to a sobering up shelter and the watch house.

Acting Sergeant Theo Karamanidis said the Operation was working.

“The Operation has had a significant effect on anti-social behaviours and alcohol-fuelled violence around Darwin,” he said.

“Operation Nehammer will continue to run for the foreseeable future and NT Police will continue to combat alcohol-fuelled violence in all its forms.”

The operation combines police from Darwin, Casuarina and Palmerston, social order units and external agencies such as local councils, Larrakia Nation and public transport and housing safety.

Earlier this year, NT Police said an additional 2000 visitors were living in Darwin, partly because of concerns around Covid-19 in Aboriginal communities.

Police and councils have been contacted for further comment.