A Canadian woman was arrested after allegedly slapping a teenager wearing President Trump-branded clothing on the Jersey Shore during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, according to court documents and local reporting.
Kaitlyn E. Tracey, 33, is accused of filming herself as she confronted four girls on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk on July 3, NJ.com reported, citing court documents.
Police said Tracey objected to two of the beachgoers, both minors, wearing “patriotic colored” sweatpants bearing the words “Trump” and “ICE.” The confrontation allegedly escalated when she struck one of the girls across the face and body.
Surveillance video reportedly captured the alleged assault. Tracey left the area afterward, but police later identified her and secured a warrant for her arrest, according to the outlet.
She was taken into custody on Monday and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault, harassment and obstruction, court records reviewed by The Post show.
The teenager who was allegedly slapped did not suffer any injuries.
Tracey had been living in Asbury Park with her husband after entering the United States with a passport in 2024, NJ.com reported.
Matthew Geroni, who identified himself as Tracey’s husband, said she was later detained by ICE and taken to the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark on Monday.
“Yesterday, July 13, my wife was detained by ICE and brought to Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ,” Geroni said in a plea to media on TikTok.
Geroni, an American citizen, married Tracey “a little over three years ago” and has been sharing snippets of his wife’s story with his 140,000 followers.
“My main goal is the safety and well-being of my wife, and that is about it,” he said, even if she was deported back to Canada.
Geroni didn’t mention Tracey’s alleged assault of a teen girl that led to her arrest during his public plea, instead claiming the entire situation was being taken out of context.
He created a GoFundMe page for his wife’s legal expenses but was forced to take it down a short time later after a “Facebook group of MAGA supporters” mass-reported it, he said.
The Post has reached out to Geroni.
Geroni, who routinely posts videos mocking Republicans, described himself as the “Clown of Asbury Park” and the “Jester of the Jersey Shore.”
He claimed cops told his wife to leave the boardwalk after the alleged assault because they didn’t have enough to charge her before Tracey later turned herself over to police after an arrest warrant was issued.
She is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 4, according to court records.
