Shocking video shows Ariz. grandma falsely arrested by US Marshals at gunpoint: ‘I felt like I was being kidnapped’

Shocking footage shows US Marshals aggressively arresting an Arizona woman they thought skipped out on probation 25 years ago — but they got the wrong person and instead pulled their guns on a grandmother who had never heard of the suspect.

“I truly felt like I was being kidnapped,” 66-year-old Penny McCarthy told ABC 15 after the outlet obtained bodycam footage from the arrest.

“I am so disappointed in my government. It’s not funny.”

McCarthy was going about her day at home outside of Phoenix on March 5, when a van full of people claiming to be US Marshals pulled up and pointed heavy rifles in her face, telling her she was under arrest.

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Penny McCarthy, 66, was arrested at her Arizona home in March after US Marshals mistook her for an Oklahoma fugitive.

Astonished, McCarthy asked them to verify that they had the right person — pleading with them to just “tell me who I am” — but the officers refused, and instead yelled at her to give herself up.

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