The New York Police (NYPD) arrested a 44-year-old woman accused of steal a bag in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan. The arrest occurred after a horse chase through the streets of the city that was recorded and shared on social networks.
The incident occurred on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the intersection of 72nd Street and Columbus Avenue, according to media outlets such as New York Post, New York Times y NBCamong others who echoed the news.
The detained woman was identified as Felicia Fieldwho stole a purse from another woman who was passing through the area and fled on foot.
A mounted unit officer immediately began pursuit. On the back of Kellya 23-year-old horse, the officer followed Field through traffic and down the sidewalk until he caught her.
Footage from the officer’s body camera shows the exact moment he ordered Field to stop. Other officers arrived at the scene and placed handcuffs on the woman.
He NYPD He published the video on his profile on the social network X, where the clip accumulated thousands of views in a few hours. «Whether on foot or horseback, our officers are always ready,» they wrote in the post.
The scene – a horse in the middle of Manhattan galloping between cars and pedestrians – was also recorded by NBC cameras that were on site for the reporting of another story.
Kelly, the animal protagonist of the chase, is 23 years old, an advanced age for an active duty horse. His participation in the operation became another of the viral elements of the case.
Mounties do not typically make arrests. They are deployed for crowd control or area surveillance in places like Times Square.
Felicia Field: a criminal history that includes a homicide
Prosecutors charged Field with grand theft and identity theft. This second charge is based on the fact that, after her arrest, the woman provided a false name to the officers. The next day, a judge ordered his release under supervision.
Felicia Field has a history of 14 prior arrests. So far in 2025 alone, the police arrested her three times: for threats with scissors, for assaulting a man, and for the theft of merchandise valued at $900.
The most serious incident in his file dates back to April 2000, when he killed taxi driver Saro Manuel Lopez. for that crime served a 25 year sentence from jailafter which he was released on parole last year.
