{"id":748350,"date":"2026-06-20T07:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/748350\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T07:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:15:11","slug":"brothers-refused-bail-after-allegedly-evading-police-participating-in-mayfield-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/748350\/","title":{"rendered":"Brothers refused bail after allegedly evading police, participating in Mayfield riot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two brothers have been refused bail after allegedly participating in a riot in Newcastle, riding recklessly through the city streets and attempting to evade police.<\/p>\n

About 200 people gathered at Dangar Park in Mayfield on June 14 for a clothing giveaway event for Australian streetwear brand Bad Apples.<\/p>\n

The event quickly descended into chaos<\/a>, with videos showing an additional 50 people riding dirt bikes, taunting police, appearing to run down at least two pedestrians, and damaging a park.<\/p>\n

Three men faced court on Saturday charged with a string of offences relating to incident, including rioting, an offence that carries a maximum penalty of 14 years in jail.<\/p>\n

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Mark Di Stefano, 25, and his younger brother Lochlan, 20, were arrested by police at a Wallsend home on Friday.<\/p>\n

During a search of the home, police allegedly seized four motorbikes, a scooter, a taser, methamphetamine, helmets, clothing and electronics.<\/p>\n

Today a bail court hearing was told that Mark Di Stefano was involved in the assembly of a “significant number of people” at the park and was allegedly seen participating in wheelies and burnouts at the beginning of the event.<\/p>\n

Lochlan was identified as allegedly playing a “very important role” in the commission of the riot, the court heard.<\/p>\n

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The court was told police tracked the brothers for 13 kilometres. (Supplied: NSW Police)<\/p>\n

The police prosecutor told the court both brothers were tracked by a police helicopter for 13 kilometres as they rode through the busy streets of Newcastle, causing havoc.<\/p>\n

The brothers were allegedly seen driving on the wrong side of the road, running red lights and ignoring multiple traffic signals.<\/p>\n

The prosecution told the court that Lochlan was seen on CCTV taking off his clothes, dumping his motorbike and jumping on the back of his brother’s bike in an effort to allegedly evade police.<\/p>\n

The court was told neither brother held a driver’s licence and the police prosecutor said their actions had put the community’s safety at risk.<\/p>\n

Lochlan Di Stefano was on parole at the time of the alleged offending, the court heard.<\/p>\n

Both brothers were refused bail and will face court again on July 15.<\/p>\n

Third man granted bail<\/p>\n

Noah Hewitt, 22, was also arrested in Wallsend on Friday.<\/p>\n

Policce body-worn cameras allegedly captured Mr Hewitt riding close to pedestrians during the event.<\/p>\n

The police prosecutor told the court officers identified him from his distinctive tattoos and conducted a search warrant that resulted in them allegedly finding the motorbike involved in the offending.<\/p>\n

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Four motorbikes have been seized by police. (Supplied: NSW Police)<\/p>\n

Mr Hewitt was charged with six offences, including rioting and destroy or damage property worth more than $2,000.<\/p>\n

He was granted bail with strict conditions, including reporting to police three times a week, not entering Dangar Park and not drinking any alcohol or taking drugs without a prescription.<\/p>\n

Mr Hewitt was also prohibited from making any contact with the other alleged offenders.<\/p>\n

He is due back in court in July.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the City of Newcastle Council said the event that took place last weekend was unauthorised.<\/p>\n

Police investigations are continuing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two brothers have been refused bail after allegedly participating in a riot in Newcastle, riding recklessly through the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,359609,359608,359611,356347,359606,359610,359613,359612,359607,44,359614],"class_list":["post-748350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bad-apples-clothing","tag-bad-apples-streetwear","tag-bail-court-newcastle","tag-dangar-park","tag-dangar-park-riot","tag-dirt-bike-riot-newcastle","tag-lochlan-di-stefano","tag-mark-di-stefano","tag-newcastle-riot","tag-news","tag-noah-hewitt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}