Vancouver police to announce riot charges

October 31, 2011

About 150 photos of suspected rioters have been posted to a special Vancouver police website.

The first charges against the alleged looters and vandals in the Stanley Cup riot will be announced by Vancouver police this morning, police have confirmed.

Police are not revealing how many people will be charged, but Chief Jim Chu has said in the past that he expects the massive investigation involving thousands of cellphone and video camera images will result in the most charges of any Canadian investigation.

Investigators have identified more than 15,000 criminal acts on the videos and between 500 and 700 people may be charged by the time the investigations are concluded, Insp. Les Yeo said earlier this month. Read more