Montreal Man Arrested For G20 Vandalism

Posted September 2, 2010 4:54 pm.

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Police have arrested a 28-year-old Montreal man for damage done during the G20 summit in Toronto.

The Service de Police de la Ville de Montreal arrested Juan Lepore on Thursday and charged him with mischief over $5,000.

Detectives from the G20 Investigative Team are on their way to Montreal to bring the accused to Toronto.

The G20 summit took place on the weekend of June 26 and 27. On the first day, a group broke away from a peaceful protest and smashed store windows and torched police cruisers.

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