Ventura County Woman Arrested for Assault in New York

?? "driving under the influence" ??? I didn't see anything about that. What can you tell us, Ocean Drew, about her driving under the influence????

Do a search. TMZ has the whole story. She has 2 DUI arrests, the 2nd one while on probation from the first DUI. First one was Sept 28 (Malibu) and plead no contest, got 3 years probation. Second one was in Ventura County on October 3rd and is in the courts now, after a not guilty plea.

It's somewhat surprising that New York Detectives flew here to assist with this...

DUKE - not really. If you are wanted for a crime in one state, then flee to another, the cops from the first state are probably going to come get you when the cops in the other state tell them they got you.

I guess...interesting article here from USA Today that kind of says the opposite. It seems like the moral of the story is don't commit assault...but if you do...hope it doesn't make National News for whatever reason because then you are screwed!!! No national news, well...as per the article:

"Across the United States, police and prosecutors are allowing tens of thousands of wanted felons — including more than 3,300 people accused of sexual assaults, robberies and homicides — to escape justice merely by crossing a state border, a USA TODAY investigation found."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/11/fugitives-next-door/6262719/

She assaulted a juvenile...Why wouldn't they come here to get her? She obviously has "Daddy's" full support.

Roger -

Agreed she needs to be arrested...just interesting all around as it doesn't seem like assaults in which there are no injuries are ever extradited. ObviouslydDoesn't make it right...just an interesting quirk of our justice system and an interesting usage of resources. Considering we pretty much aren't jailing anyone, I guess I was just assuming they'd track her down at some point and hit her with a fine or something.

As per that same USA Today article:

"Each fugitive's case is chronicled in a confidential FBI database that police use to track outstanding warrants. In 186,873 of those cases, police indicated that they would not spend the time or money to retrieve the fugitive from another state, a process known as extradition. That's true even if the fugitives are just across a bridge in the state next door. Another 78,878 felony suspects won't be extradited from anyplace but neighboring states.

Few places are immune. Police in Philadelphia, Atlanta and Little Rock — all among the nation's highest-crime cities — told the FBI they wouldn't pursue 90% or more of their felony suspects into other states. Los Angeles police said they would not extradite 77 people for murder or attempted murder, 141 for robbery and 84 for sexual assault.

3 Words then....High Profile Case.

That’s true roger... it is high profile! And while I’d probably prefer our fully funded police use their resources in slightly more pressing spots as it seems like a lot of crime isn’t being followed up with/on... I certainly am glad to see shitty people that are committing crimes be held accountable! Which certainly wouldn’t happen if we defunded the police!!!!!

Considering the number of people who get away with assaults such as this, it's about time more high-profile cases are prosecuted. Like Amy Cooper, whose victim acted like a saint. More should be pursued, including the D.C. rioters. Equal justice is a good thing.

Equal justice? Literally hundreds of thousands of felons haven’t been pursued across state lines. She deserves punishment... but she’s getting extra justice. Probably (and seemingly) deservedly.. but high profile cases make the DA’s care

As they should.

lol! If you didn't see her interview on Good Morning America, (is that where it was?) w/Gayle King, she was wearing a black cap with "Daddy" on it. Whut?!! What does that even mean?! Why? What? lol!

Sadly, she'll probably return when this is over.

And there is video of her with her hands on, aka attacking the teen she accused.
Yeah, it's TMZ. I've seen it other places, not going to look further. Info on her DUI too.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/04/soho-karen-miya-ponsetto-busted-dui-may-uncooperative/

ZERO - no one is discussing the laws here... did you read the comments?

Which is good... but that does seem like a lot of money/effort/expense for an assault where no one was hurt... right? There have been a lot of fights on edhat about funding/defunding the police... this is a huge expense. I’m all for funding the police... this just seems expensive... no?

I agree with Fewtile, all the hallmarks of mental illness such as bipolar disorder. She can’t filter information to control her actions. Apparently she questioned other people in the lobby about her phone but when she saw the teenager with an iPhone she couldn’t fathom that it wasn’t her phone. I doubt race had anything to do with her actions. If she had been appropriately punished/treated after her first DUI she would be in a better place today. Instead, it seems that others enabled her continued misbehavior.

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BigDD8 Some people watch other news sources so I'm sure that Edhat apologizes for you having to hear about a story a whole 63.2 miles away from us as compared to a mere 61.5 up north if using the Cachuma cutoff. The fact that it was also on national news because the black juveniles' father prominent jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold called the police on the "Soho Karen" was another case social injustice.

Yeah I agree it’s close enough (and notable enough) to warrant inclusion on edhat. I remain perplexed/amazed at the monetary expenditure to come out here to extradite her for a crime that no one gets extradited for... but therein lies the peril in assaulting someone! It can turn out to be someone famous and your getting held on no bail! (Not to mention of course that in virtually every situation it’s not only illegal but just plain wrong to assault someone else)!