okay I need to see her driver classes
and her proof for insurance and she's
understanding that she doesn't have to
provide that to me so what I need you to
do is hang
tight no one is above the law and
attempting to evade responsibility can
lead to even more
s okay please can you advise her so I
can get this paperwork
started join us as we dive into these
dramatic cases where those in power go
to Great Lengths to escape Justice
publicly elected official has landed in
legal trouble after crashing into two
par cars while facing allegations and
driving okay I need to see her DME
classes insurance but she's
understanding that she doesn't have to
provide that to until you arrive can you
advise your
client okay please can you advise your
so I can get this paper excited are you
listen to on November 10th 2024 Chicago
Police pulled over a woman later
identified as Samantha steel after she
crashed into two parked cars officers
suspected she was intoxicated well em
yeah I see that your a car here ma'am
right over here right over here right
over here okay you start off with your
driver's license please why don't you
have a SE your car
man why you have a seat your car
okay let's start off with your driver's
license and your proofer insurance okay
he wants a driver's license and your pro
who's this my attorney your who your
attorney all right you can call him in a
little bit cuz right now everything's
recording audio video but you're
involved in a traffic accident I like to
see your driver's license and your proof
Insurance ask he's not driving D just
say just hang up I'll be there kill him
I'm on my way he's on his way yes just
said he said you'll be on your way okay
let's start off with your driver's
license and you're wait for him I know
man but I need to see your driver's
license to verify you're okay to be
driving and number two your insurance
so we can start the paperwork there's
some damage done to your car maybe I
tell you that everything's being audio
and videotaped okay I'm just saying I'm
I'm requesting your driver's license and
your proof of insurance I'm sure you can
provide me with those two things while
we're waiting for your attorney to show
despite being informed of the legal
requirement to provide information steel
continued to stall insisting she needed
to wait for her attorney you don't need
to make the same more complicated than
it already is it's just an accident I
just needs to see her driver's license
I'll wait for him okay ma'am do you want
me to handcuff you and arrest you no
because right now at this point you're
refusing to provide me any I am you are
you realize that right yes I've been
looking you what I don't want any of
this well you're involved in an accident
you've hit a several cars two so yeah I
need to see driver's Li so I can start
the paperwor pull out in front of me I
so okay great I'll ask you that in a
second but I really need to verify this
your this is your car no it's my
friend's car it's your friend's car okay
do you have a valid driver's license I
do okay great and I have insurance how
about an ID I do okay can I see some of
those so I can know who you are my
attorney I'm trying to I'm just trying
to work with you but you're not
providing me your driver's license and
insurance and why are we waiting for
your attorney for after multiple
requests for cooperation officers
attempted to remove her from the vehicle
while she mentioned being an elected
official this did not exempt her from
legal obligations
I'm going to help you to exit and you
don't want that you don't want that IED
off I actually do elected official of
what look you elected what which which
which office is it okay for her friend
tells her to walk out step out oh she's
saying she's an elected official of C
County you are on video you are on video
you on video video yes ma'am so you need
to I'll wait for my attorney okay no I'm
waiting for my attorney so she's not
exiting we're going to have to make her
we is not complying right now as you can
see does she and she say she's an
elected official of something we don't
even know does she need to be compliant
at this moment of course she does well I
mean can she wait can she wait for her
attorney involved in an
accident even if the attorney is here
there's nothing he's going to tell her
she was involved in an accident and
we're doing our investigation and
obviously she doesn't want to you were
involved in an accident correct deal was
asked to perform field sobriety tests
but she refused despite the noticeable
smell of alcohol she was warned that
non-compliance would result in her
arrest be careful with traffic right
here don't watch you go out get B now
you can hang up the phone ma'am no we're
still doing our
investigation now tell your attorney
since he's on a Pharm are you going to
do F sotic test or no no
now you arrested you say no I was
waiting for that I was waiting for that
waiting for that because she just refuse
I asked her to do F sobriety test and
she refused and she smell like alcohol
she's been drinking we is oh you've been
recorded all this time you've been
recorded yeah right I'll be there in 5
minutes they just would wait until I get
there you're not going to wait let's go
you've been transported she's not doing
the test she she's under arrest right
now my purse take my purse take the pur
thank you she was ultimately arrested
for driving Under the Influence after
refusing the sobriety test and
displaying signs of intoxication a
bottle of alcohol was also found in her
vehicle she was then taken to the
hospital and formally charged bunch of
cars okay she struck bunch of cars we
taking you in on go have a SE please no
no we're not we're going to stick that's
why that's you got Uber you got taxi you
could have gone all of that the car have
a seat she's in all right you got a
small you got a small wrist no we have
to you want to do the field you want to
do the field we ask you to do it and you
say no you're saying you guys
are oh I
feel ma'am we not me you you imagine
somebody crashed so you wearing lenses
you wear glasses you have them on right
now
can you see me with that with that can
you see me with that I mean I can cannot
see like all right so now you have any
injuries your head is good you hit your
head when I hit the car do you want an
EMS you want to call an ambulance yes do
you want us to call an ambulance for you
they really good did you take any meds
today no no I just want to see if you're
like safe to go home you have to submit
like a few tests for me are you willing
to do it it's up to you I'm not forcing
you it's up to you no it is what it is
CU I I smell alcohol so it is what it is
you're going to get under rest for DUI
what do you mean no no what do you mean
no talk to me but yes we're going to
wait here no she he could come to the
station she's going to get under arrest
for he's here he's parking his
car just stand up ma'am no I'm going to
put down my report that you refusing
field sobriety test so by I got enough
here he refused so uh I got enough yeah
once we go to the station then
you hospit you want to go to the
hospital what what do you mean no we
call an ambulance we just wasted you
said do you want medical we just wasted
their time it's not having your
way you wasted this
people you just refused them I want to
see the end you're under arrest you're
under arrest one second you're not going
anywhere arrest oh my God you guys are
drinking I mean it's illegal to drink
and drive we I'll call the you know can
I go with you oh he com the attorney
saving the day oh he coming right
now you're going to go ahead no I need
to see my attorney he's right there
moving right there yeah no my attorney
sir she's been uh placing custody for
driving in the influence of alcohol she
struck bunch of vehicles right there
that's her open Bott of wine in the car
in this case the woman violated several
legal Provisions under Illinois Law
driving under the influence DUI is a
serious offense with significant
penalties section 625 ills
51150 one of the Illinois vehicle code
outlines that a person is considered to
be driving Under the Influence if their
blood alcohol content BAC exceeds
0.08% or if they show signs of
impairment the penalties for a firsttime
DUI offense may include a license
suspension of up to one year fines
potential jail time up to 364 days and
mandatory participation in alcohol
education programs additionally refusing
to comply with a sobriety test can lead
to automatic license suspension and
other legal consequences as it did in
this case ultimately steel faces a
wrongful termination lawsuit potentially
costing cook County taxpayers won
$180,000 in a settlement she also has a
scheduled DUI trial in March where she
could face penalties such as jail time
fines and mandatory alcohol education up
next a bizarre case where a woman's lies
unraveled after harassing her
ex-boyfriend on June 5th
20123 police responded to a call about a
woman later identified as Raquel Ray
causing a disturbance by banging on the
windows and doors of her ex-boyfriend's
home in a local neighborhood despite
being told to leave earlier she returned
around 1 a.m. creating further chaos
he's coming back it's like the second
time she been back the night banging on
the window banging on the front door
this time she claim I already sent her
home at 11:00 you know which you me
11:30 she came over told her hey not
coming outside to talk to you not coming
to talk when we talk about anything just
go home first she was parked out here on
the side of the road I like I don't care
you know I'm going to just going to turn
the light off and go to bed she finally
leave she's back at 1:00 in the morning
basically like 12:50 something banging
on the window again now she claiming she
got mice in the house she want me to get
up and come over there and clear him out
the house like I'm in terminat or
something at 1:00 I'm like no I'm not
coming to do that I told you to go away
and go now at 11:30 I was like call the
cops you leave so now it's like 1:00 I
got to call the cop you let me goang on
my door the cop my I got two dogs in
here that are going to bark every time
she knocked M so it just keep me up
officers later found Ray sitting in a
silver Nissan Ultima near her
ex-boyfriend's house she claimed to be
visiting her cousin but provided
inconsistent details about her identity
and residence all right how you doing Ma
and you don't know nobody that stay up
the street no I don't you got your
license on you miss work no I
don't my
phone looking my vehicles you ain't got
no Wars I don't need
Wars I'm cor off
now no I don't have I it's in the house
what your house it's not in this house
it's my cousin house what your house
this is my home house yes okay so is
this your cousin house or or your home
girl house this is my home girl house I
call home my cousin she's like my so if
we ask her to come out you can verify
who you are everything okay I don't need
lie what don't you lie about I'm not
even from me I'm from NY okay at this
point you're being detained for an
investigation provide your information
she's going to run it if we can verify
it you'll be free to go if not then
we'll go from
there maybe can he describe what she was
wearing
yeah
it's um hang tight with
her ma' ke stay right here all right I
need to put my arm and let her know
going yeah you can do that but just
stand right here you're not ma'am you're
not going to walk away stand where we're
tell you to stand I'm trying to get
service that's what I'm trying to do
you're to do that right after verifying
her true identity and confirming her
presence near the ex-boyfriend's home
police arrested her for providing false
information
trespassing and harassment providing
false information is I'm ma'am I'm not
so I'm going ask you one more time what
is your first and last name yes so you
just providing me a false name correct
cuz ma'am I'm getting I'm I getting act
for work that I didn't do nothing okay
all I'm trying to if you didn't do
anything why provide a false man because
you're scaring me nothing I don't pose
this any type of you are you putting out
the they got the flashlight like I did a
crime or something why okay let me tell
you what happened yes Miss Miss Rachel
hold on Miss April Rachel that's your
name correct has called us in reference
to you being outside of his home ma'am
you think I got time for that I got like
lit you parked down the street from his
house and you telling me his butt your
cousin stay right here there's no female
that
stand at the end of day I'm not going to
argue you about it because you've
already loed Ma'am why do I have time
for that you think I really going so
what's your position in being down here
right ma'am I literally was I've been
down here all day and he know that I can
tell you you ain't been down here all
day because I've been patrolling this
neighbor oh I know you lying cuz you
would have seen you would have seen you
would have seen it what we going to do
go ahead and place your hands behind
your back for April I'm getting arrested
okay all you hear me
April I didn't even do nothing where am
I
going ma'am can you take my your pals
together okay can you take my wallet off
the car I'll get it for you place your
pals together
problem where where am I going I can let
my know I'll let you know in just a
second you want to walk over to the H am
I really going to
ja ultimately the suspect was taken to
the county to Detention Center where she
was informed that she would remain in
custody until further legal proceedings
she expressed distress over how this
incident could impact her record and
employment Poli is a threat at any point
I asked you was your name and you part
in front of abandoned house she telling
me her cousin live over here a female
but we all know don't no females live in
this house right here that's me two the
two gay men that live right here Day
always they always calling us on there
two gay man right we know that man what
El is
you'll see dress tomorrow
morning well 8:00 cuz it's 1:00 so
you'll see one in the
morning I'm so sorry though I understand
but this is what we going to have to do
for tonight okay but I I don't know I
don't have no family out here you'll be
able to make phone calls and stuff when
you get there okay I don't know nobody
and I have your phone I have your phone
with you um the officers at the jail me
let you get phone numbers all your phone
I I don't have any wars against me or
nothing that's that's understandable I I
know that now but you provided me a
false name twice ma'am I'm CU I was
scared that's understandable but scared
or not ma'am you can't break the law
just cuz you're scared and you're a law
enforcement offic so you should know
better ma'am I was scared so that's kind
of where my patients run short with you
because we all have a legal oath so
we're held up to a high I'm sorry I was
scared that's understandable I was
scared so we're going to be going to
some CDC tonight okay what's that honey
Shon County Detention Lieutenant that's
like a um the jail is it like a what a
holding cell or something and providing
false information to law enforcement can
lead to Serious legal repercussions
these laws are designed to protect
individuals from unnecessary distress
and uphold Justice what are your
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