Innocent grandmother is savagely arrested at gunpoint by US Marshals in terrifying case of mistaken identity

Terrifying assemblage camera video showed nan infinitesimal US Marshals arrested an guiltless Arizona grandma nether nan tube of a weapon aft mistaking her for a wholly different person.

The two-minute video, obtained by ABC15 aft six months of hounding nan national government, showed rifle-wielding officers shouting commands at 66-year-old Penny McCarthy.

McCarthy was confused and frightened during nan March 5 incident, not moreover alert astatine first that she was being pursued by US Marshals. 

She told ABC15 aft nan fact: 'I genuinely felt for illustration I was being kidnapped.'

The national agents rolled up to McCarthy's Phoenix location pinch guns drawn and instantly told her to put her 'hands up!'

'We person an apprehension warrant,' a national supplier is heard saying connected nan video.

'For me?' McCarthy responded.

'Yes. For you,' nan serviceman said.

'Who americium I?' she asked, seemingly wanting nan officers to corroborate that she was successful truth nan personification they were looking to apprehend.

Multiple agents past screamed astatine her and gave her conflicting orders.

'Turn away. Turn around. Turn away. We'll talk it later. Turn away. You're gonna get hit,' they said.

Later successful nan video, erstwhile she was still opinionated successful her driveway, McCarthy expressed skepticism that nan agents confronting her were rule enforcement.

'Stop moving, extremity looking back. Stop looking back!' 1 serviceman shouted.

McCarthy past made an unintelligible remark successful which she said nan connection 'police.'

One of nan Marshals respond: 'Ma'am, you spot that we're nan police.'

'How do I spot that?' she asked.

Recounting nan acquisition during an interview, she explained that she wasn't simply going to judge they were constabulary officers.

Once McCarthy was successful handcuffs and being walked to nan car, 1 of nan Marshals yet told her who they believed they were arresting.

A female serviceman threw retired nan sanction of 70-year-old Carole Ann Rozak, a wanted Oklahoma fugitive for parole violations.

'That's not who I am,' McCarthy told them.

This didn't dissuade nan Marshals from arresting her anyway, according to nan video.

ABC15 first published a communicative connected nan melodramatic mistake on April 4, astir a period aft McCarthy's wrongful arrest.

Ten days later, US Marshals admitted their error. This besides came days aft an Arizona national judge dismissed nan lawsuit against McCarthy, who spent clip successful situation complete nan mix-up.

According to nan Deputy U.S. Marshal successful Oklahoma, they first believed that Rozak's integer fingerprints matched McCarthy's. But aft a afloat fingerprint study was done, this was debunked.

'They did thing but dainty maine for illustration crap and dishonesty to me,' McCarthy said. 'Ever since this happened. Sorry, I americium truthful disappointed successful my government. It’s not funny.'

Rozak was wanted for an outstanding parole usurpation from 1999. All nan crimes she served clip for were non-violent successful nature, but pursuing her release, she grounded to meet pinch immoderate national probation officer, according to court records.

Josh Kolsrud, a criminal defense lawyer pinch acquisition arsenic a national prosecutor, was highly alarmed by what happened to McCarthy.

'This lawsuit is concerning because of nan mode successful which Miss McCarthy was arrested,' he told ABC15. 

'A textbook illustration of national agencies not doing what they’re expected to beryllium doing.' 

Kolsrud reviewed nan assemblage cam videos and concluded that nan US Marshals utilized excessive force.

'Anybody watching this video tin spot that this was an fierce apprehension and fierce apprehension,' he said. 'And it’s unreasonable connected truthful galore levels.'

Koslrud besides questioned really agents made nan apprehension without being definite of McCarthy's identity.

'We expect rule enforcement to person nan capacity and determination and nan morals to found who personification is erstwhile they apprehension them. And successful this case, they didn’t do that,' he added.