Vancouver police say 15 people have been charged with mischief for riot-like violence when a headline performer suddenly pulled out of a music festival at the P-N-E last summer.
Police say the resulting mayhem and property destruction caused an estimated 300-thousand dollars damage at the P-N-E amphitheatre and in the surrounding neighbourhood.
A months-long investigation identified suspects by analyzing security images from the amphitheatre and collected cellphone video from bystanders.
Police say those charged are young men who were between the ages of 15 and 22 at the time of the offences -- and all but three live in communities outside Vancouver, with several from Prince George, Vancouver Island, and the Okanagan
