Authorities in California have arrested the woman allegedly involved in an incident in which a Black jazz musician said his 14-year-old son was attacked by a woman who falsely accused him of taking her iPhone.
By Morgan Gstalter - 01/08/21 09:59 AM EST
A woman who tackled a Black teenager at a New York City hotel after accusing him of stealing her phone was arrested on Thursday by California police.
Miya Ponsetto, 22, was taken into custody in her home state and is jailed in Ventura County, KTLA reported.
She is currently being held without bail on a felony fugitive from justice charge, according to the jail. It is unclear what charges she will face back in New York.
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The New York Police Department (NYPD) flew detectives out to California earlier that day with a warrant for her arrest.
Miya Ponsetto s lawyer Sharen H. Ghatan says incident was not race-related
Ponsetto, 22, was dubbed SoHo Karen after she wrongly accused a black teenager of stealing her phone in at the Arlo Hotel in New York City last week
Video footage showed Ponsetto tackling Keyon Harrold Jr, 14, in the hotel lobby after she incorrectly assumed he took her phone
Ghatan claimed Ponsetto has a history of anxiety attacks and panicked after she realized her phone was missing
Ponsetto, who is from California, was traveling alone while visiting her father in New York City for Christmas and was relying on her phone for navigation
Miya Ponsetto, 22, iof Sun Valley and a former cheerleader at Simi Valley High School has been named as the woman in an attack on Keyon Harrold Jr., 14.