She was not in custody for long.
Within hours of “Soho Karen” Miya Ponsetto being transported back to the Big Apple in police custody, she made her first appearance in court for attempted theft and attempted assault for allegedly attacking the jazz trumpeter’s 14-year-old son. Keyon Harrold at a Manhattan Hotel – and had supervised launch.
Ponsetto was also accused of endangering a child’s well-being and stealing roughly in fourth grade.
Ponsetto, 22, did not file a lawsuit during the lawsuit at the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn. She was ordered to stay away from Harrold and the teenager.
She is due to appear at the Manhattan Criminal Court on March 29.
The meeting with the Harrolds was apparently the second problematic incident that Ponsetto had in New York, according to prosecutors.
On the same day, she is suspected of having damaged an apartment door somewhere in the East Village. No details were given, and the incident, for which she was not charged, remains under investigation, said assistant prosecutor Sarah Marquez.
It was floating around the Big Apple at the time, according to Marquez, who noted that Ponsetto was “staying at several locations” around the city.
Ponsetto made national headlines when she was caught on video unfairly accusing Keyon Harrold Jr. of stealing his iPhone at Hotel Arlo.
The video posted on Instagram by the teenager’s father shows Ponsetto allegedly attacking Keyon and trying to steal his phone.
The woman from Piru, California, had inadvertently left the phone in an Uber. The driver later returned the device.
A lawyer for Ponsetto insisted that she had not fled New York to escape the NYPD.
“She has not escaped jurisdiction. There was no indication that she
he was going to be arrested, ”said lawyer Paul D’Emilia.
Ponsetto must return to his California home, his lawyer said.
Ponsetto initially left New York as outrage over the December 26 incident increased. She allegedly tried to slam the car door on a policeman when local police finally arrested her Thursday in California.
She is “innocent” of the charges, her lawyer told the Post.
“As the case progresses, you will see that the public prosecutor’s own evidence belies much of his case,” said D’Emilia, adding: “We are confused and disappointed that at this time of increased tensions in our country the authorities have decided to exacerbate the situation, unnecessarily transporting NYPD members across the country, in the grip of COVID, to bring back a person who would have returned with a simple phone call. ”
Although Ponsetto has no criminal convictions under his belt, New York officials revealed new details of his three disagreements with California officials last year.
The February 28 incident at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, during which Ponsetto’s mother, Nicole, allegedly pushed and kicked a police officer after the allegedly drunk mother and daughter were asked out, involved a third person, according to New York criminal complaint. who did not identify the third party.
On May 29, Miya Ponsetto “clearly intoxicated” when leaving a supermarket and getting into her car, which prompted a concerned viewer to call 911 and resulted in police officers allegedly finding open containers of drink and marijuana in their car, from according to court documents.
And like mother, like daughter, Miya herself was accused of assaulting a police officer on October 10, after she allegedly had a fight with Nicole at a gas station and left in a rage, only to abandon the vehicle.
When a policeman tried to arrest her, Miya reportedly threw the policeman to the floor. She was later accused of driving while intoxicated, driving with a suspended license, resisting arrest and having a blood alcohol content of 0.14, according to court documents.
Judge Michael Frishman warned Ponsetto that she would have to complete all of her criminal proceedings in California and should be back in New York court early during her next scheduled appearance.
“Apparently, you have a lot of cases in California now. You will have to appear in all those lawsuits as well. OK? “He asked.
“Okay,” she said.