Kelly Pflug-Back, 21, sits in Allan Gardens on June 25. The tent city in the park was part of protests over G20 weekend in Toronto.The Globe and Mail
A woman police accuse of causing thousands of dollars in damage during the mayhem in downtown Toronto over the G20 summit weekend turned herself in Wednesday afternoon.
Kelly Pflug-Back gave herself over to police in Peterborough, Ont., just hours after Toronto police said she faces six charges of mischief over $5,000, alleging she damaged a police vehicle and several storefronts on Yonge and Bay Streets. Peterborough police Sergeant Nancy Loucks said the 21-year-old was being transferred to Toronto late Wednesday and was set to appear in court Thursday morning at Old City Hall.
It will be one of several court dates for Ms. Pflug-Back this summer: The Guelph resident has a pretrial hearing Aug. 3 on charges of assault of a police officer and mischief in connection with a Dec. 28 incident in which an Olympic torchbearer was allegedly pushed to the ground by protesters as the torch relay made its way through Guelph late last year.
She also has an Aug. 23 court date in Toronto's Finch West courtroom, which is being used for G20-related charges. She said in a CTV interview last week that she is charged with conspiracy in connection with the G20, "which is basically a lot of the people they've targeted as organizers."
In an interview with The Globe that she gave while camped out in Allan Gardens on the Friday night of the G20 weekend, Ms. Pflug-Back said she had come to Toronto from Guelph as part of the local activist group Sense of Security.
At the time, she said protesters would "definitely be taking down the [security zone]fence." She added, "That fence is symbolic of an expenditure of a massive amount of money on security and intimidation. We have no problem putting our bodies on the line."
Also Wednesday, police released the photos of 21 other suspects, soliciting the public's assistance in apprehending people they allege were involved in damage that occurred over that weekend.