Assistant US attorney Bianca Forde (pictured) was arrested on Saturday in Manhattan, New York

A US federal prosecutor was arrested during a Driving While Intoxicated stop in New York City when she tried to keep officers from giving her boyfriend a sobriety test on Saturday.

Assistant US attorney Bianca Forde, 35, and her boyfriend were driving through Hell's Kitchen when NYPD officers pulled over the 2020 Chevy Camaro around 12.15am.

Forde reportedly ignored multiple police warnings to remain inside the vehicle and hopped out of the passenger side at the intersection of 11th Avenue and W. 40th Street.

The New York Post reports that Forde then urged her 40-year-old boyfriend not to submit to sobriety tests administered by the police officers.

Authorities say she appeared to have been drinking prior to the DWI stop.

Her boyfriend eventually submitted to the tests, passed and was not arrested.

However, Forde was arrested arrested and allegedly flailed her arms in the air when authorities attempted to handcuff her.

Forde and her boyfriend, 40, were driving through Hell's Kitchen when NYPD officers pulled them over at 11th Avenue and W. 40th Street (pictured)

She faces three charges, including: obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest and failure to obey police officers.

Forde was awaiting arraignment on Saturday in Manhattan Criminal Court.

According to her LinkedIn, Forde began her work at the US Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C. in 2015 after holding positions at four other firms, including Winston & Strawn LLP and Tameer Holding Investment LLC.

Forde (left and right) was charged with obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest and failure to obey police officers

Forde was born in the US to Guyanese parents and received a bachelor's in political science from Duke University in 2005, according to the New York Post.

During her undergraduate years she led the fundraising committee for Delta Sigma Theta sorority, as well as performing as a soloist and section head for the United & Praise Gospel Choir.

She received her JD degree from Boston College Law School where she won several awards, like the Frederick Halstrom Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy.

DailyMail.com reached out to the US Attorney's Office for further comment.