A Cook County elected official was arrested for drunk driving in Ravenswood earlier this month, according to Chicago police. Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele was charged with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol after an incident on Nov. 10. Steele, 45, was arrested at 5028 N. Ashland Ave. around 8:49 p.m. Officers responding to the scene found significant front-end damage to a Honda Accord and a Dodge Charger. Steele was lying on the sidewalk near the crash when they arrived, an arrest report states. Steele told officers she had been driving south on Ashland Avenue when the crash occurred. Police said they observed an open bottle of red wine on the floorboard of Steele's car, and noted her eyes appeared "bloodshot and glassy" with a "strong odor of alcoholic beverage" coming from her breath.