A 19-year-old woman has turned herself in to police, four days after a widely viewed video showed a chair being tossed off a downtown Toronto highrise balcony, sparking huge outrage.Marcella Zoia, a Toronto resident, walked in to 52 Division around 7 a.m. Wednesday morning. She has been charged with mischief endangering life, mischief involving damage to property, and common nuisance.Det. Todd Higo said she was alone when she turned herself in.Zoia is scheduled to appear in College Park court today in room 505.Police said in a news release that they started an investigation Sunday into the incident that happened in the Harbour St and York St. area.A video of the incident, which was widely shared online, shows a young woman picking up a folding chair and tossing it over the railing. The balcony appeared to be at least 30 storeys high. The video follows the chair as it hurtles towards the busy Gardiner Expressway and ends just before it hits the ground. Police later said other items were tossed as well.The short video clip seems to have been filmed by a second person, who does not appear on screen.Toronto police spokesperson David Hopkinson said Monday he was “outraged” at the incident. “Anybody could’ve been walking underneath,” he said, adding if someone was hit, they could have suffered “catastrophic” injuries.A conviction for mischief endangering life could result in jail time, Hopkinson told the Star earlier.Read more: Toronto police investigating ‘reckless’ video of woman throwing chair from downtown highriseOpinion | Emma Teitel: Toronto’s chair thrower is a symptom of a bigger problemCondo-heavy areas at high risk for fires started by careless smokersRon Power told the Star earlier that he saw a broken chair like the one in the video near a bike rack outside the south entrance to Maple Leaf Square Condos, where he lives, Sunday afternoon. He said he didn’t know it may have been thrown from t ...
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