Sussex Woman Charged After Trying to Hit a Cop

A 41-year-old Sussex woman is facing charges after she allegedly tried to hit a cop while he was arresting a teenage boy who lives in her home who pushed a cop.

Tracy M. Sroka was charged in Tuesday with one count of resisting an officer and one count of disorderly conduct. If convicted, she faces up to one year in prison and $11,000 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint:

On Sept. 11, police were called to Sroka’s residence in the N6700 block of Champeny Court after a man was concerned his daughter’s boyfriend was keeping her at the residence against her will. Upon arriving, police determined the girl should leave with her father.

While the girl was leaving, the teen boy came to give her a hug, but when an officer tried to stop him, he pushed the officer with his forearm and was then placed under arrest. The arrest prompted Sroka to come down from the house and begin yelling at the officer and eventually put her hands up to hit him in the face.

She was also then arrested.

Sroka will make her initial appearance in court Nov. 23