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New development in dramatic video of heavily armed cops corralling two people in a van at a fast food restaurant
- Plainclothes cops in armed ute raid in NT Hungry Jacks
- Passenger policemen pointed guns at the subject of a manhunt
- Frank William Ingram allegedly threatened locals with a crossbow
The passenger of a utility vehicle who was cornered by heavily armed police officers at a drive-thru fast food drive-thru was the subject of a chase at the time.
Frank William Ingram, 30, was one of two men arrested by plainclothes police officers at gunpoint at Coolalinga Hungry Jacks in Darwin on 5 January.
Police will allege that he threatened Palmerston locals earlier that day with a crossbow and shotgun.
Video of the Hungry Jacks incident taken by observers shows five undercover police officers dressed in high-visibility balaclavas and Centrelink tank tops milling around a blue ute.
Frank William Ingram, 30, was one of two men dramatically arrested by plainclothes police officers at gunpoint in Coolalinga Hungry Jacks on January 5.
Video of the Hungry Jacks incident taken by observers shows five undercover police officers dressed in high-visibility balaclavas and Centrelink T-shirts milling around a blue ute.
They then move to arrest the driver and passenger, pointing shotguns, pistols, and tasers at the two men.
A man in the back of the ute’s cab waved a broken window to keep officers at bay as they trained close-range weapons on him.
The NT Police Dog Squad and the Serious Crime Squad were also in attendance.
Darwin Local Court heard that Ingram became the target of a police search after he allegedly breached the terms of his bail.
Ingram had been accused of robbing a man in Darwin with two machetes on July 1, 2021.
Ingram allegedly violated his bail after he allegedly threatened the occupants of a Palmerston home with a crossbow on the morning of January 5.
He then allegedly returned later with a shotgun, NT news informed.
At around 6 pm the same day, NT police tracked the blue van Ingram was traveling in toward Hungry Jacks on the Stuart Highway and arrested him.
Ingram was also on probation for a crime dating back three years.
Northern Territory police showed an image of a crossbow they say Ingram used to threaten the occupants of a Palmerston home.
NT police also seized a shotgun that they allege Ingram used to intimidate locals.
In 2019, Ingram was sentenced to three years in prison for illegal use of a vehicle, dangerous driving, and property damage.
He was released after his 18-month non-parole stint in prison.
Following the arrest of Hungry Jacks, Ingram was charged with a series of crimes
The offenses included assaulting and assaulting a police officer while carrying a controlled weapon, being armed in public, and recklessly endangering serious harm.
Ingram also faced charges related to failure to comply with storage requirements, property damage, theft, ammunition and fireworks.
Ingram is facing several driving charges, including dangerous driving, drug driving, speeding, failing to stop after a crash, and “riding in the open cargo space of a vehicle.”
He remains in pretrial detention and will return to Darwin Local Court on March 1.
The ute driver was also arrested and is facing charges.
Undercover police also pointed pistols and tasers at the vehicle in which Ingram was a passenger.