Posted on 10/22/2009 1:03:06 PM PDT by kingattax
The operator of a La-Z-Boy chair converted into a motorized vehicle -- complete with a stereo and cup holders -- has admitted that he crashed the piece of furniture after leaving a bar in Proctor, Minn., extremely drunk.
Dennis LeRoy Anderson, 61, of Proctor, pleaded guilty Monday to hopping on the chair on the night of Aug. 31, 2008, after visiting the Keyboard Lounge, then crashing into a more traditional vehicle in the parking lot. Anderson's blood-alcohol content was 0.29 percent, more than three times the legal limit for driving in Minnesota.
Deputy Police Chief Troy Foucault said today that the chair is "quite decked out." Along with the stereo and cup holders, it is powered by a converted gasoline-powered lawnmower, a steering wheel, headlights and a power antenna.
Foucault estimated that the La-Z-Boy can top out at 15 to 20 miles per hour. A National Hot Rod Association sticker adorns the headrest.
The chair was impounded and will be sold at the next police auction.
"We have quite a few people calling about buying it," said Foucault, who half-seriously acknowledged that he's tempted to bid on it, except that "I have kids who would take it out and drive it on the street."
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The phrase “Get ‘er done” does come to mind.
What were the grounds for seizing it?
They care?
bttt
Hope he had the patent rights.
How much do they go for?
now just try to convince me that Bsby Boomers have not contributed to society ;-)
Cheers & Chairs!!!
****you can’t beat American ingenuity***
Much like a Scootabout - wanna bet Medicare paid for it!!!!
Sounds like a candidate for a Bud Light “Real Men of Genius” ad.
Was he patronizing the Drunken Clam?
Just like that guy with a motorized bar stool.
You need this!! Ha!
You bet!
(Love that tagline!)
DUI in a stolen motorized Wal-Mart shopping cart
Thursday, January 22, 2009 By MARSHA DORGAN Napa Valley Register Staff Writer
Marcos Urbano may have taken Wal-Mart’s customer service a little too far. Around 9 p.m. Tuesday, a Napa police officer southbound on Soscol Avenue, north of Lincoln Avenue spotted something unusual driving toward him in the northbound fast lane. As he approached the object, he discovered it was a motorized shopping cart for the disabled, worth $3,000 from Wal-Mart on Lincoln Avenue.
The officer stopped the driver — Urbano — who apparently had driven the cart from the store northbound on Soscol, police said.
Urbano, 24, of Napa, was arrested on suspicion of felony grand theft, driving under the influence and not possessing a valid drivers license. “It was a dangerous situation. The cart doesn’t have any lights and it was dark, and he was in the fast lane of the roadway,” Napa Police Sgt. Tom Pieper said. _________________
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