The Toronto Police Service has charged an American man with 52 offences arising from the G20 Summit in Toronto in June 2010.
Kevin Chianella, 20, from Queens, New York, was extradited from the United States on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. He was taken to 23 Division and processed on the outstanding Canada Wide Warrant for G20-related offences and held in custody overnight.
He is scheduled to appear in court at 2201 Finch Avenue West on Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
It is alleged that:
- the accused was armed with a canvass bag filled with rocks
- the accused used his bag of rocks to smash the windows of a police car, near 415 Queen Street West, while a police officer was trapped inside
- the accused threatened to assault a Toronto Star photographer who was attempting to photograph the accused's criminal conduct
- the accused threw a rock through a plate glass window at the Starbucks at 250 Queen Street West
- the accused smashed an ATM on the exterior of the Scotia Bank at 222 Queen Street West
- the accused threw a rock and a stick at a very large plate glass window at the Starbucks at 394 Bay Street, smashing the window
- the accused walked up to an abandoned police vehicle on fire, dropping something into the vehicle, fuelling and sustaining the fire
- the accused jumped on the hood of an unmarked police van, kicked the windshield and, armed with his bag of rocks, smashed other windows on the van
- the accused picked up a blue metal garbage can lid and threw it through a plate glass window at the Starbucks at 112 Yonge Street
- the accused kicked and destroyed front windows of the Urban Outfitters store at 225 Yonge Street
- the accused , while armed with a bag of rocks, struck the front plate glass windows of the Burger King at 243 Yonge Street
- the accused used a stolen sandwich board/sign from a nearby restaurant and threw it through the store front window of the Popeye's Chicken at 271 Yonge Street
- the accused attempted to break the store front window of the Boathouse Clothing Store at 330 Yonge Street
- the accused used a 2x4 piece of wood to smash the store front window of the American Apparel store at 338 Yonge Street
- the accused used a large street sign to ram and smash the store front window of the Footlocker store at 340 Yonge Street
- the accused took a large metal pedestrian barrier from the street and threw it through the store front display window at the All Leathers store at 399 Yonge Street
- the accused entered the DeBoers store at 444 Yonge street through a broken store front window and stole a large lantern
- the accused threw the large lantern through the store front window of the Urban Brick Store at 444 Yonge Street
- the accused threw a chair through a large plate glass window at the Tim Hortons at 444 Yonge Street
- the accused threw a chair through the window of the Starbucks at 450 Yonge Street
- the accused used a chair to smash a store front window at the Winners store at 444 Yonge Street
- the accused threw a piece of granite through a glass window of the Toronto Police Museum at 40 College Street
- the accused kicked in the windshield of an unmarked police van that had been abandoned at the intersection of College Street and University Avenue
- the accused, during his criminal conduct, was dressed in all-black clothing
Kevin Chianella, 20, has been charged with:
1) Arson
2) 11 counts of Mischief Endangering Life
3) Attempt Mischief Endangering Life
4) 22 counts of Mischief over $5,000
5) Mischief Under $5000
6) three counts of Attempt Mischief Over $5000
7) two counts of Assault with a Weapon
8) Assault Police with a Weapon
9) three counts of Assault
10) three counts of Theft Under $5,000
11) Break and Enter and Commit
12) two counts of Intimidation of a Justice System Participant by Violence
13) Obstructing a Peace Officer
13) Wearing a Disguise with Intent to Commit an Indictable Offence
Kevin Chianella, 20, from Queens, New York, was extradited from the United States on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. He was taken to 23 Division and processed on the outstanding Canada Wide Warrant for G20-related offences and held in custody overnight.
He is scheduled to appear in court at 2201 Finch Avenue West on Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
It is alleged that:
- the accused was armed with a canvass bag filled with rocks
- the accused used his bag of rocks to smash the windows of a police car, near 415 Queen Street West, while a police officer was trapped inside
- the accused threatened to assault a Toronto Star photographer who was attempting to photograph the accused's criminal conduct
- the accused threw a rock through a plate glass window at the Starbucks at 250 Queen Street West
- the accused smashed an ATM on the exterior of the Scotia Bank at 222 Queen Street West
- the accused threw a rock and a stick at a very large plate glass window at the Starbucks at 394 Bay Street, smashing the window
- the accused walked up to an abandoned police vehicle on fire, dropping something into the vehicle, fuelling and sustaining the fire
- the accused jumped on the hood of an unmarked police van, kicked the windshield and, armed with his bag of rocks, smashed other windows on the van
- the accused picked up a blue metal garbage can lid and threw it through a plate glass window at the Starbucks at 112 Yonge Street
- the accused kicked and destroyed front windows of the Urban Outfitters store at 225 Yonge Street
- the accused , while armed with a bag of rocks, struck the front plate glass windows of the Burger King at 243 Yonge Street
- the accused used a stolen sandwich board/sign from a nearby restaurant and threw it through the store front window of the Popeye's Chicken at 271 Yonge Street
- the accused attempted to break the store front window of the Boathouse Clothing Store at 330 Yonge Street
- the accused used a 2x4 piece of wood to smash the store front window of the American Apparel store at 338 Yonge Street
- the accused used a large street sign to ram and smash the store front window of the Footlocker store at 340 Yonge Street
- the accused took a large metal pedestrian barrier from the street and threw it through the store front display window at the All Leathers store at 399 Yonge Street
- the accused entered the DeBoers store at 444 Yonge street through a broken store front window and stole a large lantern
- the accused threw the large lantern through the store front window of the Urban Brick Store at 444 Yonge Street
- the accused threw a chair through a large plate glass window at the Tim Hortons at 444 Yonge Street
- the accused threw a chair through the window of the Starbucks at 450 Yonge Street
- the accused used a chair to smash a store front window at the Winners store at 444 Yonge Street
- the accused threw a piece of granite through a glass window of the Toronto Police Museum at 40 College Street
- the accused kicked in the windshield of an unmarked police van that had been abandoned at the intersection of College Street and University Avenue
- the accused, during his criminal conduct, was dressed in all-black clothing
Kevin Chianella, 20, has been charged with:
1) Arson
2) 11 counts of Mischief Endangering Life
3) Attempt Mischief Endangering Life
4) 22 counts of Mischief over $5,000
5) Mischief Under $5000
6) three counts of Attempt Mischief Over $5000
7) two counts of Assault with a Weapon
8) Assault Police with a Weapon
9) three counts of Assault
10) three counts of Theft Under $5,000
11) Break and Enter and Commit
12) two counts of Intimidation of a Justice System Participant by Violence
13) Obstructing a Peace Officer
13) Wearing a Disguise with Intent to Commit an Indictable Offence