A first-term Democratic official in the Windy City went from crash to crass as she allegedly sounded off about her arresting officer’s manhood after refusing a field sobriety test.

Sunday in Chicago, Illinois, the Cook County Board of Review’s District 2 Commissioner Samantha Steele was arrested and charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence after a crash with another vehicle. During her arrest, the “glassy”-eyed 45-year-old member of the three-person board was said to have “repeatedly said, “Is your penis that small.'”

The comment noted by the Chicago Sun-Times upon review of police records came as Steele was reportedly discovered lying on the sidewalk after a crash with another vehicle had resulted in “extensive” damage.

According to law enforcement, just before 9 p.m., the commissioner made a wide turn wherein she allegedly collided with a parked car that in turn struck another vehicle.

The officer’s report noted an open bottle of red wine on the floor of the passenger side of Steele’s vehicle and detailed, “I observed her eyes were bloodshot and glassy. I also detected a strong odor of alcoholic beverage coming from her breath as she spoke.”

Refusing to participate in a field sobriety test, the official was said to have responded to questions about how much alcohol she’d consumed by stating, “I want my lawyer, and I am not talking to you.”

Further, as she was arrested and taken to the hospital due to complaints of injuries to her head, she’d been recorded commenting about the officer’s penis.

The Sun-Times noted that Steele had sought Cook County Board of Commissioners member Scott Britton to represent her who referred her to another attorney because he did not practice criminal law.

Sunday’s arrest was the latest controversy for the official as WBEZ Chicago reported a whistleblower complaint had been filed against her and her Chief of Staff Dan Balanoff in Chicago’s U.S. District Court in July.

Former employee Frank Calabrese accused them of pressuring him “to engage in political activity” against the other two members of the Board of Review, George Cardenas and Larry Rogers Jr., and that he was fired on May 20 after he twice spoke with investigators from the Office of the Independent Inspector General in the county.

Court documents indicate that the whistleblower said he’d been told by investigators that both Steele and Balanoff were part of a probe and they were “investigating many matters about them.”

Included in the probe was close scrutiny of their involvement in a dispute over a property tax bill for the Chicago Bears related to the team’s Arlington International Racecourse property. The sight had been under consideration but an agreement had not been reached with local school districts.

Steele was scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 27.

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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.

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