String of violent incidents along Progress Drive, Nightcliff, leads to three arrests

Two teenagers have been arrested following a string of alleged offences along Progress Drive on Nightcliff. Read the details.

Two teenagers and an adult woman have been arrested following a string of alleged offences along Progress Drive in Nightcliff on Friday morning.

NT Police said the first incident involved two teenagers entering a service station on Progress Drive and allegedly assaulting staff.

“Two youths allegedly attempted to steal items from the store with one of the youths throwing cans and bottles at an employee and another youth punching an employee,” a NT Police spokesman said.

“Both youths ran from the area prior to police arrival.”

This masthead understands the impacted service station was the Shell Reddy.

Police said they believe the same group then entered a residence on Progress Drive.

“A short time later, the youths were involved in a violent disturbance at a nearby residence on Progress Drive,” he said.

“Both youths allegedly unlawfully entered a residence within the area and threatened the occupants before being removed.

“Later the youths returned and assaulted the same people by punching, kicking and threatening them with a metal bar.

“Included in the victims of the assault was a government worker.”

Police said approximately 15 people were involved in this “disturbance”.

Territory Safety Division, dog squad and general duties police responded to this disturbance and arrested three people — a 16-year-old boy, a 15-year-old girl and a 21-year-old woman.

Following the alleged murder of a Nightcliff store owner, police presence in the area was increased. Picture: Thomas McLean

The boy was charged with: aggravated robbery, assault of a worker, armed with an offensive weapon, aggravated assault and aggravated burglary.

The girl was charged with: aggravated robbery, assault of a worker and escaping custody.

The woman was charged with damage to property and possession of a controlled weapon, understood to have been a knife.

The two youths were remanded to appear in Youth Court on Monday.

The woman was bailed and will appear at Darwin Local Court on May 27.

Nightcliff has seen a number of separate and unrelated violent crimes since April — many in the vicinity of the non-operational Progress Drive police station. 

On Thursday in an unrelated incident, a boy held up traffic on Progress Drive while allegedly armed with a metal pole threatening cars. 

On April 23 beloved Nightcliff Friendly Grocer store owner Linford Feick was allegedly murdered by a teenager at the shop.

In the last weeks of April a young boy allegedly assaulted and attempted to sexually assault four women along the Nightcliff foreshore.

In an unrelated incident on Thursday night a woman was found unresponsive following an apparent assault on the bike path leading to the Nightcliff foreshore.
She was transported to Royal Darwin Hospital by paramedics in a stable condition.

Originally published as String of violent incidents along Progress Drive, Nightcliff, leads to three arrests