Samantha Steele, 45, of Evanston, is a first-term commissioner on the Cook County Board of Review, a little-known three-member quasi-judicial body with broad powers to determine property tax rates.

Is Samantha Steele Samantha Ponder? Yes and No. Cook County Commissioner Samantha Steele was arrested for drunk-driving in ...

Steele, who serves the three-member panel that hears property tax appeals in Cook County, was arrested on Nov. 10, after crashing into two parked cars in the 5000 block of North Ashland Avenue ...

Steele’s board colleagues made only vague allusions to the arrest at Monday’s meeting. “I’ve always thought it was important to take my role as a commissioner seriously, understanding that ...

Commissioner Samantha Steele, 45, was arrested on Sunday night. Cook County. Steele’s eyes were “bloodshot and glassy,” an officer wrote in the report.

Cook County Commissioner Samantha Steele faces DUI charges after a November 10 car crash in Chicago. Bodycam footage reveals her confrontational behavior, including invoking her official status ...