A Delaware County resident made national headlines when she allegedly sprayed police officers with her breast milk. In 2011, the Delaware County sheriff’s officer received a call from a man reporting that his wife was drunk, had hit him, and wouldn’t come out of her car. Officers responded and made an effort to communicate with the woman while she was in her vehicle.
The woman, Stephanie Robinette, refused to cooperate before allegedly spraying the attending officers with her breastmilk. Officers then arrested her on charges of assault, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and domestic violence.
After her arrest, Robinette claimed she was “embarrassed and humiliated,” and that police involvement in her personal life disrupted her marriage. After her arrest, she stopped drinking. She then pleaded guilty to assault and obstruction of justice.
Officers originally wanted Robinette to face felony charges, which her attorney, Brad Koffel, dismissed as ludicrous. Koffel said, “There’s a substance statute that’s not on point. Assault of an officer with breast milk… I don’t know if you can cause harm with that unless the officer’s lactose intolerant.”
