PITTSBURGH — An elected official from Western Pennsylvania and her husband are disputing the account of Detroit police about a confrontation in that city.

Detroit police allege that Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner interfered with officers as they were preparing to remove her husband, Khari Mosley, from the premises of the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel early Wednesday. Wagner, a Democrat, was arrested and spent about 12 hours in jail.

The former state representative, who is serving her second term as chief fiscal officer of Allegheny County, on Saturday called the experience “appalling” and said their actions had been grossly mischaracterized.

No charges were immediately filed, although Wayne County prosecutors said they were reviewing a warrant request by Detroit police.

The couple said they went to a concert in the city and then to a restaurant, where they said they had a steak dinner and each had several glasses of wine. They then returned to the hotel, where he went to the hotel bar but she went up to their hotel room and fell asleep.

Later, he wanted to return to the room but realized he did not have the key card needed to go up to the elevator. He asked for another one at the desk, but since the room was in Wagner’s name, the request was refused, he said. Her cell phone was on “do not disturb” mode, and hotel employees said they tried the room phone but got no answer. Wagner said she never heard the phone ring. Mosley said he asked someone to go up and knock on the door, but staff declined to do so, and he asked to wait in the lobby but was eventually told he would have to go to another hotel.

Police Chief James Craig said Friday that officers were called to the hotel for a report of a “disorderly person, someone under the influence of alcohol, creating a disturbance.” He said Mosley had fallen asleep at some point and was also banging on a door. Mosley said he didn’t remember doing anything like that.