A Russian 'rooftopping' daredevil was arrested in Toronto after filming a stomach-churning video high above city streets earlier this month.

The videos, released on Monday by Oleg Cricket and the Swiss watchmaker Bomberg, show Cricket performing handstands and spins at the ledge of a rooftop in downtown Toronto. In a second location, he leaps between beams on the roof of a condo tower at 8 Mercer St.

Toronto police arrested Cricket at 8 Mercer St. on Nov. 12. Staff at Graywood Developments Inc., said they alerted police after one of their security guards spotted and confronted Cricket as he accessed the roof.

"He was charged with Break & Enter, and Mischief Under [$5,000]," Toronto police said in a statement. "Another man, presumably the camera man, was charged with those two offences plus Possession of Break-in Instruments."

A representative from Graywood Developments said Cricket and other urban explorers have been using bolt cutters and crowbars to access the roof at 8 Mercer St. and other properties around Toronto.

The company said it has revamped its security measures, and it's also asking residents to not let strangers into the building.

'All limits are self-imposed'

Cricket is a well-known 'urban explorer' with more 300,000 followers on Instagram. He has filmed similar death-defying stunts in Dubai and Hong Kong.

According to a recent profile by Red Bull TV, "the man has zero fear of heights and is continuously pushing the sport of Urbex."

His Toronto video was promoted on social media by the Swiss watchmaker Bomberg. The company has not responded to questions from CBC Toronto.

Even hundreds of metres above the ground, all limits are self imposed! By Oleg Cricket for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BOMBERG?src=hash">#BOMBERG</a> <a href="https://t.co/25u2whfbgs">https://t.co/25u2whfbgs</a> <a href="https://t.co/8nY9gamBWG">pic.twitter.com/8nY9gamBWG</a> —@BombergOfficial

On his website, Cricket said he was born in "a small town in Siberia," and began performing stunts, gymnastics, acrobatics and martial arts at 16.

When asked for a response, he told CBC Toronto: "I work only on a commercial basis, the interview is worth $500."