Woman faces hate charge after wrongly accusing black teen of taking phone
by Associated Press in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5KRZJ)
Miya Ponsetto also charged with aggravated harassment and endangering a child after incident at New York hotel in December
A California woman who wrongly accused a black teen of taking her phone at a New York City hotel late last year and grabbed at him as he tried to leave has been charged with a hate crime.
Miya Ponsetto was arraigned in court in Manhattan via videoconference on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to charges including unlawful imprisonment as a hate crime, aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child.
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