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Suburban mayor arrested for DUI, found sleeping in car on Chicago expressway: police

By STMW NEWS
Published  May 18, 2022 5:37pm CDT
Maywood
Sun-Times Media Wire

Maywood mayor arrested for DUI, found asleep on Chicago's Kennedy Expressway: police

Nathaniel George Booker was elected mayor of the Chicago suburb last year after serving as a village trustee for two years.

CHICAGO - The mayor of west suburban Maywood was arrested last week after police allegedly found him asleep and intoxicated behind the wheel on the Kennedy Expressway.

Nathaniel George Booker, 37, faces a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol and was cited for obstructing drivers on a highway, Chicago police said.

Officers found him asleep and his car blocking traffic in the middle outbound lane around 1:30 a.m. Friday near Halsted Street, police said.

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Booker was elected mayor of Maywood last year after serving as a village trustee for two years.

He posted a message to his Facebook account quoting the Bible and a pastor that read, in part: "The Lord will turn your mistakes into a Miracle. He wont erase it, he will work through it. One piece of your life does not define your life."

Booker was released from custody without posting a bond.