The former deputy director of the Chicago Board of Ethics should be fired for driving under the influence of alcohol, causing three collisions and becoming “physically combative with a bystander,” according to a report released Thursday by the city’s watchdog.
Lauren Maniatis is no longer an employee of the board, which is responsible for enforcing the city’s ethics laws, records show.
Maniatis, a former assistant state’s attorney, was not named in the quarterly report released by Inspector General David Glockner, in keeping with the city’s rules. However, records obtained by WTTW News show Maniatis was arrested and charged with drunken driving just before 8 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2025, near Jefferson Park’s namesake park on the city’s Far Northwest Side…