1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Now joining me in the studio from Strike Force Trident. 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,199 Speaker 1: It is Detective seeing your sergeant Dale Morta Barnard. 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 2: Good morning, Dale. 4 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 3: Good morning, Katie. Good morning to you listeners. 5 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 2: Good to have you in the studio. Mate. 6 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: Now, before we get into the well, the you know 7 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,639 Speaker 1: the raft of cars that were stolen on Monday night 8 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: and into yesterday morning. 9 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 2: How have things gone overnight for you guys? 10 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, look, there's another busy night for us, or certainly 11 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 4: this morning when we started anyway, we had another car 12 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 4: that was stolen overnight. We ended up arresting to female 13 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 4: us from that car, one aged eleven, one age thirteen 14 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 4: after it crashed in Malac and we came across it. 15 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 4: That was at about twenty past six this morning. So 16 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 4: the thirteen year old's in custody at the moment. She's 17 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 4: on bail for several charges similar type offending, so not divertible. 18 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 4: But the eleven year old no prior dealings with police, 19 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 4: so she was taken home. 20 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 3: She's been left with family. 21 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: So two eleven year old girl, sorry, two girls, one 22 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: aged eleven, age thirteen, Yeah, that's correct, stole a car overnight. 23 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 3: Yep, yeah, and then crashed it last morningning. 24 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: Well, I'm not surprised because when you're eleven and thirteen 25 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: you should not be behind the wheel of a car, but 26 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: how incredibly dangerous for themselves and for everybody else on 27 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: the road. 28 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, and I mean at that time in the morning 29 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 4: as well. Something that we certainly encountered was the amount 30 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 4: of people walking around that area through the park lands, 31 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 4: taking their dog for a walk or just getting in 32 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 4: some early morning exercise. 33 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: So that was in Malac. 34 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, Now what else has happened overnight or in 35 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: the last twenty four hours. 36 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 4: Well, we've certainly been busy cleaning up yesterday's crime spree, 37 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 4: which is essentially a whole different or Yeah, it was 38 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 4: a variety of different groups involved in the offending. So 39 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 4: we had a group of West Daily offenders steal a 40 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 4: car from Malac, and then we encountered that yesterday, so 41 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 4: tried and and Dog Operations Unit arount yesterday morning quite 42 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 4: early we found car about four point thirty engaged in 43 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 4: a pursuit. It ended up crashing and the male driver 44 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 4: ran from the vehicle, leaving behind two of his family members, 45 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 4: a thirty two year old female and an eleven year 46 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 4: old male. Youth as well, and he was apprehended by 47 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 4: the dog unit. 48 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: So that's like the families involved in the theft of 49 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: a car. 50 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, so we believe like the sequence of events is 51 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 4: that this youth, the driver of the car, has stopped 52 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 4: being the one who's stolen it and then he's just 53 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 4: driven around and picked up family members to take on 54 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 4: a joy ride. 55 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: Including an eleven year old child. 56 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. 57 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 4: I mean, look, the eleven year old has been in 58 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 4: stolen cars previously. Both he and the sixteen year old 59 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 4: were in a crime spree the last time I was 60 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 4: in here talking to you. Eleven year old's got very 61 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 4: limited involvements with police, are still suitable for diversion. But 62 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 4: the sixteen year old was actually on bail at the 63 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 4: yesterday when we arrested him. 64 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: On bail from the previous situation. You spoke to us 65 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: about just a couple of weeks ago on a Friday, 66 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: where you talked about a number of cars being stolen 67 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: by a group of fifteen from the West Daily region. 68 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, correct, fifteen offenders and however many cars that was 69 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 4: he seemed to lose track, there's that many, But he 70 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 4: was part of that spree. Was granted bail and then 71 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 4: yesterday morning was again driving a stolen car. 72 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you what, you'd be fuming if you 73 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: had your car stolen by that person that's on bail. 74 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: I mean, everybody is fuming over any vehicle being stolen. 75 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: But then when you find out someone's on bail and 76 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 1: they're again involved in crime, it's just getting a bit old. 77 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: You know, we're getting a bit sick of it. 78 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 4: I think, yeah, I think everyone's a bit tired of it. 79 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 4: I mean, so we had that, we had that stolen car, 80 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 4: and then we had a series of break ins that 81 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 4: occurred through Larachia down into Calm Bay. That was again 82 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 4: involving a different group of offenders. They were all primarily adults. 83 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 4: A number of those cars were recovered, one from a 84 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 4: pursuit where it was dumped here in the city, another 85 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 4: one that crashed just by itself in the city, and 86 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 4: then the third one ended up finding as it stopped 87 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 4: at a service station in Stuart Park yesterday and we 88 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 4: rested three adults from. 89 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: That and we're talking with those ones. So that was 90 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: that was Monday night, early Tuesday morning. They stole a 91 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: land Cruiser, a gray Audi YEP, stole a few cars. 92 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 3: That stolen cars throughout the night. 93 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, and they're not like some of those cars. 94 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: I wouldn't usually expect them to be stolen because I 95 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: guess they're a little bit more difficult than some of 96 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: the older model, you know, ones that we usually hear 97 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: about being stolen. 98 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. 99 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 4: So all of those cars from the Larichiir and Culum 100 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 4: Bay areas were all stolen from unmoorful entry, so unmoorfulantry 101 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 4: through and unlocked all unfortunately, and they've located the car 102 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 4: keys and then taken the car all right. 103 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: So a timely reminder to make sure that you lock 104 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: up and certainly make sure that you're locking your vehicle 105 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: and hiding the keys. 106 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 2: Maybe. 107 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, I mean these guys are opportunists there. If 108 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 4: an opportunity presents with an unlock or when they're in 109 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 4: the area, they will enter the house. 110 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 1: So I mean that's an incredibly busy twenty four hours. 111 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: I mean, in the ones from yesterday morning and the 112 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: night prior, you're talking about sort of five cars being stolen. 113 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 2: Was that right? 114 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, so five cars, but then also a golf buggy 115 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 4: from the waterfront as well, which belonged to security down there, 116 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 4: that was stolen by a group of five youths and 117 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 4: we've now arrested all of them as well. 118 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 2: So when did that happen? 119 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 4: So about nine point thirty on Monday night, a group 120 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 4: of youths down there have just taken the opportunity to 121 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 4: steal a golf buggy or a buggy used by security 122 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 4: anyway down there, and then they've taken that on a 123 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 4: quite a joy ride. It was seen everywhere from Nightcliff 124 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 4: through to Berrima and eventually it was dumped in Milner. 125 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 2: They got it that far. 126 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, they took it everywhere. 127 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: Wow, and taken from the waterfront Monday nights. 128 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 2: So five yuds. What ages were they? Variation of ages? 129 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 4: I'm guessing there was a fourteen year old, two fifteen 130 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 4: year olds, a sixteen year old and a seventeen and 131 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 4: two seventeen year olds. There are Darwin locals and yeah, 132 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 4: unfortunately four out of the five again we're all on bail. 133 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: My goodness, may. 134 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,239 Speaker 1: Dale. In terms of how you know, like how things 135 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: have been so far this month, I mean we're twelve 136 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: days in, it's the twelfth of March. It sounds like 137 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: you've had quite a busy month so far. 138 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been very busy for trid and I think 139 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 4: we're at about forty nine arrests for the month so far, 140 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 4: a mixture of reviews and adults. I couldn't give you 141 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 4: the exact numbers right now, but certainly we haven't really 142 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 4: had time to stop and think. We've just had to 143 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 4: get into it now. 144 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: I don't know whether you can answer this, but like, 145 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: do you have any idea out of those forty nine 146 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: arrests that you've made, So I'm assuming that's forty nine 147 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: individuals that you've eadty nine individuals yet, so forty nine arrests. 148 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: Do you have any idea how many of them were 149 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: on bail? 150 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 4: Well, if we're just talking the last couple of days, 151 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 4: I mean five of the arrests yesterday we're on bail again, 152 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 4: another one this morning. I can get those numbers, certainly, Katie, 153 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 4: if I have a dig into it, we do record 154 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 4: that information. But too many is the sablanza. 155 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, look, you're a busy man. 156 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: I don't expect you to be going, in fact, fighting 157 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: for me when I know that you're out actually doing 158 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: your job, which is to go and catch the people 159 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: doing the wrong thing. So I don't expect you to 160 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: do that. For me, I think it's more just giving 161 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: our listeners probably a bit of an understanding that we 162 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: definitely are still seeing people that are breaching their bail 163 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: well and truly, I mean they're on bail and they're 164 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: then involved in buggies being stolen, cars being stolen, you 165 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: name it. 166 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, it just doesn't end, unfortunately, and it's just not 167 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 4: a deterrent at this point in time to stop these guys. 168 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, what is your advice for locals this morning? 169 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: Obviously for all of us hearing that these cars are 170 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: being stolen, I mean they're being stolen from all over 171 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: the top end, but it sounds we need to make 172 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: sure we're locking up people are being very criminals, I 173 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: should say, being very opportunistic in these situations. 174 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's certainly about locking up at nighttime, whether it's 175 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 4: the last thing you do before you go to bed, 176 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 4: or whether it's something you do is you're coming in 177 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 4: and getting ready to settle in for the night, because unfortunately, 178 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 4: these guys are wandering around. It's never the same suburbs, 179 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 4: it's always different areas. We see very few forced entry 180 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 4: unlawful entries. The majority of the ones that we investigate 181 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 4: are unfortunately with unlocked doors, and then it's about hiding 182 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 4: the KHA keys or putting them somewherehere it's not so obvious, 183 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 4: somewhere where these guys aren't going to find them so easily. 184 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: Do you reckon, like, is there a reason why there's 185 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 1: been a bit of a flare up over the last 186 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: few weeks that you can sort of see or is 187 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: it just is this just, you know, unfortunately fairly normal. 188 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 4: Well, it's been pretty hot, it's almost like build up weather, 189 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 4: and we haven't had a whole lot of rain, and unfortunately, 190 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 4: I think that's got something to do with the hot 191 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 4: weather and the rain. We always seem to see a 192 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 4: spike in in property offenses. 193 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: All right, Well, everybody make sure that you are locking 194 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: up Dale. You and your team keep doing what you do. 195 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: I know that the community appreciates it, and and yeah, 196 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: let's hope that we, you know, start to see things 197 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: quiet and down a little bit. Thanks Kate, thank you, 198 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: thanks so much for your time this morning.