Proceedings resumed for a second day in Courtroom 410 at the Richard J. Daley Center in the bench trial of Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele. The misdemeanor DUI charge dates back to a November 10, 2024, single-vehicle crash near 5028 N. Ashland Avenue in Chicago’s Uptown/Ravenswood neighborhood, where officers reported finding Steele with slurred speech, an odor of alcohol on her breath, and difficulty standing.

Samantha Steele's initial court date in her DUI arrest is Friday, December 27th

A shocking 911 call and detailed eyewitness accounts, reported by Tom Schuba and Dan Mihalopoulos of WBEZ, have confirmed that Samantha Steele, a Democratic official on Cook County’s influential Board of Review, attempted to flee the scene after crashing her car while allegedly intoxicated in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. The troubling incident, which took place in November, has sparked significant public criticism and raised serious concerns about her fitness to serv