Charges – Aggravated Burglary – Malak
Where: Magdelene Court, Malak, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
The Northern Territory Police Force has arrested and charged a 16-year-old male following an aggravated burglary in Malak earlier today.
Around 10am, the Joint Emergency Services Communication Centre received a report that a male youth had been observed on home CCTV footage unlawfully entering a residence on Magdelene Court.
The victim returned home with friends prior to police arrival and located the 16-year-old male still inside the residence. The offender allegedly armed himself with a knife and began damaging property inside the kitchen. The victim and his friends disarmed him and attempted to restrain him, during which he allegedly bit the victim to the chest.
Police arrived and arrested the 16-year-old without incident. The victim sought medical treatment for the bite injury.
The 16-year-old male has since been charged with Aggravated Assault, Burglary, and Damage to Property, and was remanded to appear in court tomorrow morning.
Strike Force Trident has carriage of the investigation and anyone with information is urged to contact police on 131 444. Please quote reference P26260894.
— NT PoliceCrime in the Darwin council area
Darwin is a council area in Northern Territory with about 90,035 residents. It has a Crime Score 82 out of 100 (very high), 21st of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (89th percentile), homicide (87th percentile), break-ins (82nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 83.
- Violent
- 3,023 per 100k
- Property
- 6,131 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 631 per 100k
- Theft
- 2,914 per 100k
See the full Darwin crime profile
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