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“I made sure I was on my toes when she walked by. She wasn’t playing around,” he also wrote. “She just started going crazy and wasn’t letting anyone stop her.”

Toronto Police said a 38-year-old Toronto woman was arrested and charged with mischief over $5,000.

Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said a woman walked into the gym around 11:25 a.m. and asked to use the equipment. When staff told her she couldn’t because the woman didn’t have a membership and that she had to leave, she “became very irate.”

“A dumbbell weight was picked up, a full-sized wall mirror was broken and that dumbbell weight damaged a window pane,” said Sidhu. “Then, she threw the dumbbell at a treadmill. She was subdued by other gym patrons.”

There was $7,000 worth of property damage, said Sidhu, including the treadmill, the wall mirror and two window panes.

No one was injured.

Police are not releasing the woman’s name, because there are mental health issues involved.

GoodLife Fitness divisional manager Carlton Braithwaite said when the woman began damaging property, gym staff immediately contacted police and ensured members weren’t injured, “and attempted to isolate the individual to ensure no one was hurt.”

“GoodLife is fully cooperating with the police investigation and we are eager to understand how the incident could have been prevented. GoodLife Fitness strives to provide safe and welcoming spaces, and we are grateful that no one was injured,” Braithwaite said.

jyuen@postmedia.com