Left: Renee Lee Worke after her alleged drunk driving arrest (Steele County Jail). Right: Worke”s portrait for the Minnesota Court of Appeals (Minnesota courts).

According to court documents, Worke has been charged with two counts of driving while intoxicated. The Steele County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene shortly after 9 p.m. on November 29, following reports of a crash on Highway 14 near the Interstate 35 overpass in Owatonna, roughly 65 miles south of Minneapolis. Local news outlets, ABC affiliate KSTP and Fox affiliate KMSP, obtained the probable cause affidavit detailing the events.

Upon arriving at the scene, deputies observed Worke with glassy eyes and slurred speech, the affidavit reveals. She reportedly informed the officers that she had been at a friend’s house earlier, where she consumed a single glass of wine approximately two hours before the incident.

In response to inquiries about her condition, Worke allegedly reassured the deputy by stating, “I’m totally fine.”

“I’m totally fine,” she allegedly told the deputy when asked how she was feeling.

In addition to her slurred speech and glassy eyes, cops allege she also had a “slow motor function” and was unsteady on her feet. She reportedly needed help walking back to the squad car. She did not suffer any injuries in the car accident.

Worke submitted to a breathalyzer and she blew a 0.16 — twice the legal limit of 0.08.

The judge was taken to the Steele County Jail where she has since bonded out.

According to the Minnesota Law Library, Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty appointed Worke to the state Court of Appeals in the First Congressional District back in 2005. She was subsequently elected in 2012, 2018 and again last year. Her current term ends in 2031. Before her appellate appointment, she was a district judge for nearly a decade.