2 couches tossed from sixth floor ("What's the problem? I've done it before!")

Staton Island Advance ^ | 7.29.03 | RYAN LILLIS

[mhking]

A Stapleton woman has discovered a new way to get rid of old furniture, authorities said.

Kisha Adams, 31, was seen by a housing cop tossing two couches off the sixth floor of her apartment building on Sunday afternoon, according to court documents.

And, according to Ms. Adams' statement to police, this wasn't the first time.

"I'm getting rid of furniture," she told police, according to court papers. "I've done it before from the eighth floor. No one's going to get hurt."

Police apparently didn't share her laid-back approach. Ms. Adams was charged with first- and second-degree reckless endangerment, and disorderly conduct.

According to court papers, Police Officer Nicole Perry of the Staten Island Housing Police witnessed Ms. Adams throwing her furniture from the balcony outside her apartment at 197 Gordon St. around 5 p.m. Sunday.

The couches dropped six stories and landed on the sidewalk -- directly in front of the main entrance to the building, a heavily populated building in the Stapleton Houses complex, court papers state.

Ms. Adams has no prior arrests and was released without bail following her arraignment in Stapleton Criminal Court yesterday. She stood silently wearing a gray T-shirt and blue jeans, her hands crossed firmly behind her back.

Authorities said her actions were dangerous in that they "did create a grave risk of death and serious physical injury to another," court papers state.

Ryan Lillis is a news reporter for the Advance. He may be reached at lillis@siadvance.com.

[visualops]

"It's POTENTIALLY dangerous for sure"

That's the whole point. Even if she looked, once the sofa's over the edge, what's gonna stop it if someone walks out of the building or passes by? I know I don't usually look for falling furniture when I'm walking around.

[Cultural Jihad]

You've got to be kidding me! Dropping/throwing furniture off a 6th story balcony doesn't meet your criteria for dangerously reckless?

Some people have a knee-jerk reaction to any police arrest for any unlawful behavior. The malady is known as "anarcho-itis."

[Wil H]

..And if you were in the vicinity you would have a case, but you were not, so you don't, and since no one else was in the vicinity either no one else does either!

[supercat]

That's the whole point. Even if she looked, once the sofa's over the edge, what's gonna stop it if someone walks out of the building or passes by? I know I don't usually look for falling furniture when I'm walking around.

That's why I stated that to avoid charges she should, at minimum, have had spotters.

[BubbaBasher]

With a name like Kisha, I'm pretty sure she's not a hillbilly

But it does sound like a good name for hurricane!