Update Stealing with Violence Alice Springs

Police have arrested three people in relation to two separate incidents of Stealing with Violence in Alice Springs last week.

It will be alleged around 1:15am on Sunday March 18, a 22-year-old man and 19-year-old woman were walking on Bath Street when they confronted by two male youths who physically assaulted the man before running off with a sum of cash and a mobile phone, Northern Territory Police say.

A 12-year-old boy and 15-year-old male youth were charged with Aggravated Robbery and have been remanded in custody to appear before the Alice Springs Youth Justice Court on April 6.

Police arrested a 16-year-old female in relation to a separate incident in which a woman was physically assaulted on the morning of Sunday March 18.

It will be alleged a 23-year-old woman was walking on Undoolya Road around 2am when she was approached from behind by a group of females who attempted to grab her backpack off her.

A 16-year-old female will face one count of Assault with attempt to steal and appear in the Alice Springs Youth Justice Court today.

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