A California woman seen on video tackling a Black teenager whom she falsely accused of stealing her phone at a Manhattan hotel is in custody in California, the NYPD says.
SOHO, Manhattan Officers from the NYPD will travel to California Wednesday in search of the woman seen on video wrongly accusing a 14-year-old Black teenager of taking her phone.
According to NYPD officials, two officers from the NYPD s Manhattan South detective bureau will be traveling across the country in search of Miya Ponsetto.
The trip comes as the Manhattan District Attorney s office considers criminal charges against Ponsetto.
Ponsetto is the woman seen in the December 26 video, wrongly accusing 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. of stealing her phone and then assaulting the teen.
Over the weekend, civil rights activists gathered outside LAPD North Hollywood Police Station to call for her arrest.