SoCal woman confronting black teenager by telephone in NYC in custody

PIRU, Calif. – A California woman seen on video attacking a black teenager she falsely accused of stealing her phone at a Manhattan hotel is in custody in the Los Angeles area, says law enforcement.

Police said Thursday night Miya Ponsetto was arrested by the Sheriff’s Department of Ventura County. NYPD detectives, who flew to California to help with the search, were also present for the arrest.

The deputies of the sheriff of Ventura province planned to hold a stop on the warrant for her arrest from New York, but she refused to stop and drove slowly through her neighborhood of Piru, California, officials said.

When she came to a halt, she fought back and resisted arrest. ABC News reports that she had to be physically restrained and arrested.

Ponsetto is being held without bail and will have an extradition hearing. Once she’s done with New York, she could also face charges in California for resisting arrest and possibly for pursuit.

Ponsetto was confirmed as a woman in the December 26 video by her lawyer, Sharen Ghatan.

Ghatan said Ponsetto was “emotionally bad” and remorseful.

RELATED: New video shows a woman attacking an innocent black teenager who she thought stole her phone at the NYC hotel

The conflict at the Arlo Hotel in lower Manhattan between Ponsetto and 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. was recorded by his father, jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold, and posted online.

His video shows an angry woman demanding that her phone be returned while a hotel manager tries to rectify the situation.

A security video later released by the NYPD shows the woman furiously chasing the teenager as he tried to leave the front door of the hotel. She sees him grab him from behind before both tumble to the ground. Harrold said the phone was returned shortly thereafter by an Uber driver.

The quarrel showed comparisons to cases such as that of Amy Cooper, a white woman who was accused of submitting a false report because she called 911 and said she was threatened by an African-American man during a dispute in Central Park in New York in May.

Harrold appealed to the Manhattan District Attorney to file assault and charges against Ponsetto.

Ghatan said she spoke to her client, who lives near Los Angeles, on Thursday and that she looks to me like someone who feels bad.

She said Ponsetto “hacked” about the concern that her phone would disappear, and that it was not racially motivated.

It ‘could have been anyone’, she said.

Watch: The Harrold Family Talks to ‘GMA’:

The Associated Press contributed to this report.