The previous Frontenac Public College constructing on Cowdy Road. Kingstonist file picture.
The person arrested in reference to an assault involving a knife at a shelter on Cowdy Road is now going through expanded charges, based on police.
As beforehand reported, it turned clear in courtroom on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, that Ryan Tonello, the 42-year-old already charged in reference to the assault, can be going through upgraded charges, together with that for tried homicide. Whereas Kingston Police confirmed as a lot to Kingstonist on the time, it wasn’t till Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, that police formally launched particulars of the upgraded charges.
Ryan Tonello. Picture through Kingston Police.
In response to police, Tonello was rearrested on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, and has now moreover been charged with tried homicide, and sporting a disguise to commit an indictable offence. These charges come after Tonello was already charged with assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon harmful to public peace.
In response to Kingstonist inquiries, Constable Anthony Colangeli, Media Relations Officer for Kingston Police, confirmed that Tonello was already in custody when he was re-arrested on January 14. Colangeli additionally confirmed that there at the moment are a complete of 5 charges laid in opposition to Tonello. The explanation Tonello has been charged with assault with a weapon twice is as a result of police allege he pointed the knife at somebody aside from the sufferer, in addition to having assaulted the sufferer with the knife. Legally, an assault might be an act or a gesture, reminiscent of elevating a fist at somebody, Conlangeli defined.
Tonello attended a bail listening to on the brand new charges in opposition to him the identical day, and he stays in custody presently, Kingston Police mentioned.
Tonello was initially arrested on the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, after he had been reported needed by police following the assault. The assault, which left a sufferer injured however with out want for medical consideration, had occurred earlier within the day on the Adelaide Road Centre, a shelter throughout the former Frontenac Public College constructing on the nook of Cowdy and Adelaide Streets, based on police.
Kingstonist will proceed to supply protection of this case because it strikes by way of the courts.
