一名加州妇女面临多项指控，涉嫌诬告一名黑人青少年上个月在纽约市一家酒店盗窃她的手机并对他实施人身攻击。
陈美雅·庞赛托周六在曼哈顿被指控犯有两项企图袭击罪、企图抢劫罪、重大盗窃罪和危害儿童福利罪。
这些指控不符合保释条件，但她需要在监督下获释，并被命令不得与据称的受害者接触。
她下次在纽约出庭将于3月29日。
官员们说，22岁的庞赛托周四在她的家乡加州皮鲁被捕，此前她逃离了文图拉县治安部门，当时该部门正试图根据对她的逮捕令进行交通拦截。当局告诉美国广播公司新闻，一旦她在一所房子前停下来，她就反抗并拒捕。在周五的一次虚拟出庭中，她同意被引渡到纽约。
这些指控源于12月26日在Arlo SoHo酒店发生的事件，该事件引起了全国的关注。格莱美获奖小号手Keyon Harrold和他14岁的儿子住在那里，他说庞赛托在大厅里找到他的儿子，指控他偷了她的手机。哈罗德在手机上记录了部分遭遇，并在社交媒体上分享了视频。
在……里哈罗德录制的视频一名后来被当局确认为庞赛托的女子冲这名少年大喊大叫，并向他扑来。哈罗德的儿子也否认偷了手机。
根据代表哈罗德家族的国家民权律师本·克伦普的说法，庞塞托的手机最终被一名优步司机找到。
克伦普在事件发生后的一份声明中说:“随着今年的种族意识接近尾声，像这样一个黑人儿童被视为罪犯并被视为罪犯的事件继续发生，令人深感不安。”
在她的听证会后，美国广播公司新闻无法联系到庞赛托。
在一个采访“哥伦比亚广播公司今天早上”在周五播出的节目中，庞赛托为自己的行为道歉。
“我不觉得我是这样的人。我不认为这一个错误能定义我，”她在采访中说，采访是在她被捕前的周四拍摄的。“但如果我让儿子觉得我侵犯了他，或者伤害了他的感情或父亲的感情，我真诚地从心底向他道歉。”
庞赛托的前律师沙恩·加坦(Sharen Ghatan)周四在接受美国广播公司(ABC News)采访时表示，她“非常担心”庞赛托的精神状态。“很明显，她情绪不佳，”她说。
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22岁的陈美雅·庞赛托正面临多重指控，她正从纽约市的一个分局走出来
在周五接受《早安美国》采访时，小哈罗德的父母表示，他们很感激庞赛托本周被捕。
“她应该在很久以前就被逮捕了，但我很感激她被逮捕了，”他的妈妈说。
小哈罗德说他“很高兴正义得到伸张。”
克伦普和小哈罗德的父母也指责酒店工作人员处理不当。
“这是一个很好的发展，但是由Quadrum Global所有的@ArloHotels公司的管理层为陈美雅的种族主义行为提供了权力，也必须对此负责!!"爆炸声发微博庞赛托被指控后的周六。
事件发生后，连锁酒店向哈罗德道歉Instagram post并表示正在进一步调查。
声明称:“我们对最近发生的毫无根据的指控、偏见和对阿洛酒店无辜猜测的攻击事件深感沮丧。”。"我们想为这次不可原谅的经历向哈罗德先生和他的儿子道歉。"
2020年，庞赛托也在加州被捕过三次，尽管她在去年之前从未被捕过。根据指控文件，2月28日，她在一家酒店外打架，因公共醉酒被捕。她被指控在5月29日酒后驾车，此前有人看到她在明显喝醉的情况下进入一辆离开杂货店的汽车，并报警。根据指控文件，她被拦下，发现车里有打开的酒精和大麻容器，并被指控驾驶执照被吊销。
她去年第三次被捕是在10月10日，当时她被控酒后驾车、驾照被吊销和拒捕。据称，她在将车停在附近的十字路口后，与母亲发生了肢体冲突，随后将一名警官摔倒在地。警方称，她的血液酒精含量上限为0.14，几乎是法定上限的两倍。
Multiple charges for woman accused of attacking teen in NY hotel
A California woman faces multiple charges for allegedly falsely accusing a Black teenager of stealing her cellphone and physically attacking him inside a New York City hotel last month.
Miya Ponsetto was charged in Manhattan Saturday with two counts of attempted assault, attempted robbery, grand larceny and endangering the welfare of a child.
The charges are not eligible for bail, but she will need to follow supervised release and was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victims.
Her next court appearance in New York will come March 29.
Ponsetto, 22, was arrested in her hometown of Piru, California, on Thursday, after fleeing the Ventura County Sheriff's Department as it tried to make a traffic stop on a fugitive warrant for her arrest, officials said. Once she stopped in front of a home, she put up a fight and resisted arrest, authorities told ABC News. During a virtual court appearance on Friday, she agreed to be extradited to New York.
The charges stem from a Dec. 26 incident at the Arlo SoHo Hotel that's gained national attention. Keyon Harrold, a Grammy-winning trumpet player, was staying there with his 14-year-old son when he said Ponsetto approached his son in the lobby to accuse him of stealing her phone. Harrold recorded part of the encounter on his phone and shared the video on social media.
In thevideo that Harrold recorded, a woman later identified by authorities as Ponsetto could be seen yelling at the teen and lunging at him. Harrold's son could also be heard denying that he stole the phone.
Ponsetto's cellphone was ultimately found by an Uber driver, according to national civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the Harrold family.
"As this year of racial awareness is drawing to a close, it's deeply troubling that incidents like this one, in which a Black child is viewed as and treated like a criminal, continue to happen," Crump said in a statement following the incident.
ABC News was unable to reach Ponsetto following her hearing.
In aninterview with "CBS This Morning"that aired Friday, Ponsetto apologized for her actions.
"I don't feel that that is who I am as a person. I don't feel like this one mistake does define me," she said during the interview, which was filmed Thursday before her arrest. "But I do sincerely from the bottom of my heart apologize that if I made the son feel as if I assaulted him or if I hurt his feelings or the father's feelings."
Ponsetto's former attorney, Sharen Ghatan, said in a statement to ABC News Thursday that she was "extremely concerned" about Ponsetto's mental state. "It is clear that she is emotionally unwell," she said.
In an interview Friday with "Good Morning America," Harrold Jr.'s parents said they were grateful for Ponsetto's arrest this week.
"She should have been arrested a long time ago, but I am grateful that she is arrested," his mom said.
Harrold Jr. said he was "happy that justice will be served."
Crump and Harrold Jr.'s parents have also accused the hotel staff of improperly handling the situation.
"This is a good development, but management of @ArloHotels -- owned by Quadrum Global -- gave power to Miya's racist actions and must also be held accountable!!" CrumptweetedSaturday after Ponsetto was charged.
After the incident, the hotel chain apologized to Harrold in anInstagram postand said it was investigating further.
"We're deeply disheartened about the recent incident of baseless accusation, prejudice and assault against an innocent guess of Arlo Hotel,” said the statement. "We want to apologize to Mr. Harrold and his son for this inexcusable experience.”
Ponsetto was also arrested in California three times in 2020, though she'd never been arrested prior to last year. On Feb. 28, she was arrested for public intoxication after getting into a fight outside a hotel, according to charging documents. She was charged with driving under the influence on May 29 after someone called police when they saw her get into a car leaving a grocery store while apparently intoxicated. She was pulled over and found with open containers of alcohol and marijuana in her car and was charged with driving with a suspended license, according to the charging documents.
Her third arrest last year came on Oct. 10 when she was charged with DUI, driving with a suspended license and resisting arrest. She had allegedly got into a physical altercation with her mother after leaving her car abandoned at a nearby intersection and then tackled a responding officer to the ground. Her blood alcohol limit was 0.14, almost twice the legal limit, police said.
