FENTON TOWNSHIP, MI -- Three misdemeanor warrants have been sworn out against a Genesee County commissioner after he allegedly shouted ethnic slurs at a Fenton Township man from a pontoon boat.

In Genesee County District Judge David Goggins' court on Thursday, June 29, county sheriff's officials swore out three warrants against Commissioner Drew Shapiro, R-District 6, for the alleged May 27 incident, including:

Reckless operation of a vehicle

Indecent language

Disorderly person.

Each misdemeanor is punishable by up to 90 days in jail and/or a $500 fine.

Shapiro initially declined to comment on the charges, but then added, "I had always heard Genesee County politics were dirty. I guess I'm learning that first-hand."

The case was referred to the Fenton Township attorney's office after Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton reviewed the case and determined that Shapiro had not committed a felony.

"[There was] no physical contact or property damage, which is required for ethnic intimidation [charges]," Leyton said.

In court, officials read from a police report -- obtained by The Flint Journal through a Freedom of Information Act request -- which was filed with the Genesee County Sheriff's Office against Shapiro after he was allegedly spotted driving a black Remington pontoon boat, honking the horn of the boat and blasting loud music outside John Zerka's house on Silver Lake in Fenton Township around 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 27.

When Zerka walked out of his house to investigate the noise, a shirtless Shapiro, holding two bottles of liquor and flanked by a friend, began to make rude gestures and swearing at Zerka, yelling, "F*** you, Arab," police read from the report in court.

Shapiro's friend -- who was not identified by police -- then threatened to urinate on the man's lawn, but stopped once he saw a neighbor approaching, police said.

The neighbor, who was trying to "stay away" from the incident, police said, walked out of her house and toward the county commissioner when she thought his pontoon boat was about to collide with hers.

"She said it was so close, she thought for sure they were going to hit it," police said in court. "Her statement was that she didn't know how they missed it."

Both Zerka and Zerka's neighbor told police that the commissioner and his friend were both "slurring their words ... and appeared unsteady" on the pontoon boat, police said.

Zerka -- who is in a relationship with Shapiro's ex-fiancee -- told police the disturbances have been an "on-going issue" with Shapiro and that he did not want the situation to escalate, according to the police report.

After the incident, police claim Shapiro's boat became stuck on a sandbar.

After 20 to 30 minutes of attempting to free the pontoon boat from a sandbar, Shapiro and his friend left the scene and were nowhere to be found when police arrived at the scene around 9:16 a.m., police said in court.

This isn't the first time Shapiro's behavior has raised eyebrows in the county.

In March, Undersheriff Chris Swanson drove Shapiro home from a meeting amid concerns that he may have been drinking.

Shapiro, however, said that the situation occurred due to a mix-up in prescription drug dosage.

Commissioners became concerned at the March meeting, according to Board Chair Mark Young, after Shapiro asked a man who spoke during public comments if he ever saw the movie "Die Hard," because the man appeared to have the same name as a character in the film.

Shapiro was elected to the District 6 Commission seat in November 2016, beating former Commissioner Tony Brown in the Republican primary.