A Moosic woman faces assault and other charges after city police say she kicked an officer in the groin outside a South Scranton bar and later punched him.
Christina Grzyboski, 41, 109 Longfellow Close, was arrested early Tuesday at Big Daddy’s Lounge & Lil Mamma’s Kitchen, 1608 Cedar Ave., where police responded following a 911 hang-up call.
Grzyboski, an employee of the bar who was not working at the time, was initially taken into custody for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after the bar manager told officers Grzyboski hit and scratched her and was harassing customers, police said.
When officers escorted Grzyboski outside and attempted to place her into a car for transport to police headquarters, she told them they were lucky she was in handcuffs “or I would punch you in the … face right now,” according to her arrest affidavit.
She then kicked Officer Kyle Calvey directly in the groin area, causing him to fall forward and lose custody of her, police said.
While in a holding cell at headquarters, Grzyboski removed a set of keys from her bra, the affidavit said. When officers entered the cell to retrieve the keys, which prisoners cannot have for safety reasons, Grzyboski punched Calvey in the jaw with a closed fist.
Magisterial District Judge John Pesota arraigned Grzyboski on two counts of aggravated assault of a police officer, along with one count of simple assault.
She was held in Lackawanna County Prison on $10,000 bail pending a preliminary hearing 10:45 a.m. Nov. 13.
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