Youth arrested following Katherine attempted aggravated burglary
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The Northern Territory Police Force have arrested a 16-year-old male following an attempted aggravated burglary in Katherine yesterday.
At about 3:15pm, police received a report that a male had allegedly used an axe to attempt to force entry through the sliding glass door of a residence.
An occupant who was inside the home moved to a safe location and contacted someone for assistance.
Katherine General Duties members responded and recovered an axe from the scene. Police reviewed CCTV footage and identified an alleged offender.
The 16-year-old, who was subject to electronic monitoring and bail conditions, was located and arrested at about 7:25pm.
He remains in custody and is expected to be charged with attempted aggravated burglary and related offences.
Superintendent Mark Bland, said the arrest was the result of a prompt response.
“Police responded quickly, gathered the available evidence and identified and arrested the alleged offender within hours.
Investigations remain ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact police on 131 444 and quote reference NTP2600089851.
Anonymous reports can be made through Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
— 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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