14-year-old female youth arrested over alleged liquor store break-in in Alice Springs

An alleged break-in at a liquor store by a 14-year-old female youth were among a string of incidents police attended overnight.

AN alleged break-in at a liquor store by a 14-year-old female youth were among a string of incidents police attended in the Red Centre overnight.

Around 4.17am Tuesday, police were alerted to an activated intruder alarm at Liquorland Alice Springs.

Initial observations show the point of entry was likely the rear door.

A quantity of alcohol was stolen.

Police arrested a 14-year-old female youth as she was allegedly exiting the premises.

It will be alleged she threw a bottle of alcohol at one of the arresting officers.

Investigations are ongoing, with police saying they believe there more individuals involved in the break-in.

Home for the holidays

A DRIVER’S bid to make it home for the holidays has been foiled after he allegedly crashed his vehicle and was seen running from the site carrying a bottle of alcohol.

Police received reports of a single vehicle crash on Leanyer Drive around 7pm Sunday.

The driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, allegedly bolted from the vehicle towards his residence with the grog in tow.

He was located at his home and returned an alcohol breath analysis of 0.243, almost five time the legal limit.

“He’s been arrested and will be charged for high-range drink driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and drive without due care,” said Northern Watch Commander Kaye Pemberton.

Commander Pemberton said Territory drivers’ behaviour over the Christmas period had been “upsetting”, particularly given the dangerous weather conditions in the Top End.

“We’ve had seven accidents since Friday afternoon that have been alcohol-related, which is a bit concerning, especially in this weather,” she said.

“There’s been a lot of crashes. People need to drive to the conditions in this weather.

“And having those alcohol-related crashes as well – no one should be drinking and driving, but it’s even more dangerous when they’re doing it in this weather.”

Chaotic Christmas on NT roads

IT’S been a chaotic start to the Christmas period on Territory roads with more than two dozen crashes recorded in the space of 24 hours.

Emergency services were called to Bagot Rd in Eaton in the early hours of Christmas morning after reports a car had crashed into a tree.

Police say the 40-year-old driver of a Ford ute lost control of the vehicle before mounting the kerb and ploughing into a tree.

The female driver was trapped inside the ute and had to be extricated by firefighters.

The driver and a 51-year-old male passenger were conveyed to Royal Darwin Hospital for treatment.

Circumstances of the crash are under investigation by police but initial inquiries suggest alcohol may have been a contributing factor.

In a separate incident on Christmas Day, emergency services were called to Daley St in Darwin CBD after reports of a single-vehicle crash around 6.30pm.

According to police, a 30-year-old female driver lost control of her vehicle and mounted kerb, coming to a stop in a garden bed.

Emergency services respond to Christmas Day crash on Bagot Road, Eaton. Picture: (A) manda Parkinson.

The driver was uninjured but returned an alcohol breath analysis of 0.126, and was charged with mid-range drink driving.

Police urged all Territorians not to drink and drive and to drive to the weather conditions.

In the Greater Darwin region, there were several reports made of fallen trees, with some traffic directions remaining in place.

More severe weather, including damaging winds and heavy rainfall, is forecast for most of the Top End in the coming days.

There have been at least 38 lives lost on NT roads in 2021, up from 31 in 2020 and 35 in 2019.

The year prior, 2018, was a horror period for the Territory road toll, with 50 fatalities on the roads.

The vast majority of crashes continue to occur in rural areas.

Christmas grinches

TWAS the day before Christmas and all through the town Darwinians were starving because of two clowns.

Northern Territory Police said two Grinches allegedly pinched $10,000 of hams, turkeys and deli treats in a Christmas Eve heist in the Top End.

Police charged a 17-year-old and 21-year-old man after a refrigerator unit full of deli meats was stolen from a Leanyer shopping centre car park.

Police were alerted that a Toyota Hilux with a refrigerator unit attached had been stolen from a shopping centre carpark in Leanyer at 5am.

The vehicle was later found abandoned on Lowrie Ct in Malak.

A police spokesman said the refrigerator unit contained approximately $10,000 worth of deli meats, but only $400 worth of food had been recovered.

Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Bland called the heist of Christmas meals “Grinch-like”.

“It is incredibly disappointing for our members to be having to deal with these sorts of thefts just days out from Christmas. ”s

Police allege two males were identified through CCTV.

Strike Force Trident detectives arrested the 17-year-old at a home in Malak.

He was later charged with aggravated unlawful use of motor vehicle, stealing, damage to property, and driving without L plate and with no person in front seat as a Learner driver.

His alleged co-offender, a 21-year-old, was arrested at a residence in Karama and charged with aggravated unlawful use of motor vehicle, stealing, and damage to property.

They were remanded to appear in Darwin Local Court on Friday.