2 Americans face 67 charges following Toronto G20 summit
Posted March 6, 2013 7:56 am.
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Police have arrested and charged two American men following the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto, both of whom had to be extradited to Canada.
Together, the men face a total of 67 charges for a swath of destroyed property that police say stretched from Queen Street West to Yonge Street and west again on College Street.
The first of the accused, from Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, allegedly broke the windshield of a police cruiser while there was an officer inside. The car was parked on Yonge at the time.
The man then continued north on Yonge, allegedly using a large piece of lumber to smash the window of an American Apparel store.
He also allegedly, with the help of others, used a large metal construction fence to break the window of All Leather store just north of American Apparel, and the window of a Tim Hortons.
He then allegedly continue north, using a chair to smash a window at a Starbucks on Yonge near College street, and a chair to break a floor-to-ceiling window at the CIBC branch at 790 Bay St.
Richard Dean Morano, 22, is facing 14 charges, including wearing a disguise, and is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.
The second man is facing 53 charges.
Police allege the Queens, New York man used a bag of rocks to break the window of a police car while an officer was trapped inside.
He also threatened a Toronto Star photographer who was taking pictures of the Queen Street incident, police said. He allegedly then continued east, breaking a window of a Starbucks and smashing an ATM outside a CIBC branch.
He then allegedly broke a window at a different Starbucks, this one on Bay Street. Police claim the accused then came across an abandoned police car that was already on fire and dropped something into the vehicle, which police say sustained the fire.
He then moved to Yonge Street and vandalized a third Starbucks, a police van, an Urban Outfitters, a Burger King, Popeye’s Chicken, Boathouse Clothing, an American Apparel, Footlocker, All Leather, DeBoers, Urban Brick, Tim Hortons, a fourth Starbucks, Winners, the Toronto Police museum and a second police van, authorities allege.
Kevin Chianella, 20, is charged with arson, assault, wearing a disguise and 22 counts of mischief, among other charges.
