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| Fugitive father and son Gino and Mark Stocco arrested in NSW | Fugitive father and son Gino and Mark Stocco arrested in NSW |
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| Related: Hunt for fugitive father and son Gino and Mark Stocco shifts to NSW | Related: Hunt for fugitive father and son Gino and Mark Stocco shifts to NSW |
| Police have arrested Gino and Mark Stocco, the father and son wanted in three states who have eluded capture for more than a week. | |
| NSW police said it had caught the pair at an isolated property called Pinevale at Dunedoo, about 90km east of Dubbo, in the state’s central west, on Wednesday morning. They surrendered with their arms up to heavily armed police, according to the Nine Network. | |
| Police have wanted to charge Gino, 58, and Mark, 35, with 13 offences each, including attempted murder after they allegedly fired on two police vehicles on 16 October. They were also wanted on warrants in relation to property damage in Queensland, dating back to 2007. | Police have wanted to charge Gino, 58, and Mark, 35, with 13 offences each, including attempted murder after they allegedly fired on two police vehicles on 16 October. They were also wanted on warrants in relation to property damage in Queensland, dating back to 2007. |
| The NSW police commissioner, Andrew Scipione, praised the actions of the police as the greatest concern was that the pair were armed and dangerous.“A great result,” he told radio station 2GB. “It is important that we always remember that we were in the business of stopping this going any further.“These two men in custody now means that it is over.” | |
| Gino, 58, and Mark, 35, have been on the run for eight years, securing odd jobs along the way, and have eluded arrest despite having been spotted at various locations in north-eastern Victoria and south-western NSW in the past two weeks. This timeline from the ABC shows how the search has evolved since the alleged shooting. | Gino, 58, and Mark, 35, have been on the run for eight years, securing odd jobs along the way, and have eluded arrest despite having been spotted at various locations in north-eastern Victoria and south-western NSW in the past two weeks. This timeline from the ABC shows how the search has evolved since the alleged shooting. |
| Their last confirmed sighting was at a service station at South Gundagai on Saturday night, more than 400km from Dubbo. It is believed they were also spotted in in Tarcutta, east of Wagga Wagga, on Monday afternoon, and then several hours later at a rest stop at West Wyalong, north of the Riverina town. | Their last confirmed sighting was at a service station at South Gundagai on Saturday night, more than 400km from Dubbo. It is believed they were also spotted in in Tarcutta, east of Wagga Wagga, on Monday afternoon, and then several hours later at a rest stop at West Wyalong, north of the Riverina town. |
| The man-hunt for the pair pivoted back to NSW at the weekend after their stolen four-wheel drive was spotted at a service station. | The man-hunt for the pair pivoted back to NSW at the weekend after their stolen four-wheel drive was spotted at a service station. |
| Footage captured on CCTV confirmed the pair stopped at a service station in South Gundagai at 9pm on Saturday and took $200 of petrol before driving off without paying. | |
| Gino and Mark Stocco have spent time in prison for crimes going back at least as far as 2004, when Mark assaulted his mother. In 2007 Gino was jailed for four months after pleading guilty to charges including burglary, theft and obtaining financial advantage by deception. Mark was jailed for two months that year on three charges, including assaulting his mother. | |
| In 2007 and in June this year, Queensland police issued warrants for the pair in relation to property damage. |