Second arrest following Katherine service station robbery
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Northern Territory Police have arrested a second person in relation to an aggravated robbery at a Katherine service station.
Investigators located and arrested an 18-year-old man at a residence in Katherine East earlier today.
Police seized the man’s mobile phone and allegedly identified video footage depicting a quantity of cigarettes, recorded shortly after the robbery.
He was taken to the Katherine Watch House and charged with aggravated robbery, property damage and two counts of theft.
Superintendent Mark Bland APM said police remained focused on protecting workers and the wider Katherine community.
“Police acted quickly to identify, locate and arrest both alleged offenders within a short period of the robbery.
— NT PoliceCrime in the Katherine council area
Katherine is a council area in Northern Territory with about 11,282 residents. It has a Crime Score 94 out of 100 (very high), 3rd 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 (96th percentile), homicide (99th percentile), break-ins (97th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 89.
- Violent
- 9,635 per 100k
- Property
- 11,673 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 2,845 per 100k
- Theft
- 3,333 per 100k
See the full Katherine crime profile
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