Minnesota man, Dennis LeRoy Anderson, pleads guilty to driving drunk in souped-up La-Z-Boy
By Michael Sheridan
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, October 22nd 2009, 10:56 PM
Proctor Police DepartmentDennis LeRoy Anderson, 62, pled guilty to driving his tricked-out La-Z-Boy while drunk. Related NewsVoice of the People for Oct. 20, 2009Heidi Montag refused to attend sister's birthday party after not being offered appearance feeMore than 300 arrested as DEA strikes major blow to Mexican drug operations in U.S.Best of the Rest: Dennis Quaid dodges DUI by taking cabManslaughter, DWI charges filed against Carmen Huertas in crash that killed girl, 11At least he was in a comfy chair.
A Minnesota man has pled guilty to driving while drunk. The only hitch - he was driving a La-Z-Boy.
According to the Duluth News Tribune, Dennis LeRoy Anderson departed from a bar in Proctor, a town in northern Minnesota, and started to drive his chair home one night in August 2008.
However, the 62-year-old crashed the La-Z-Boy into a parked car. He was not seriously injured, but police found that his blood alcohol level was 0.29, more than three times the legal limit.
Anderson admitted to drinking eight or nine beers, a criminal complaint stated.
As for the chair, which was powered by a lawnmower engine and tricked out with headlights, a stereo and a steering system, is going to be auctioned off by police at an undetermined date.
The Minnesota senior will serve two years probation.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ds_guilty_to_driving_drunk_in_soupedup_l.html
By Michael Sheridan
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, October 22nd 2009, 10:56 PM
Proctor Police DepartmentDennis LeRoy Anderson, 62, pled guilty to driving his tricked-out La-Z-Boy while drunk. Related NewsVoice of the People for Oct. 20, 2009Heidi Montag refused to attend sister's birthday party after not being offered appearance feeMore than 300 arrested as DEA strikes major blow to Mexican drug operations in U.S.Best of the Rest: Dennis Quaid dodges DUI by taking cabManslaughter, DWI charges filed against Carmen Huertas in crash that killed girl, 11At least he was in a comfy chair.
A Minnesota man has pled guilty to driving while drunk. The only hitch - he was driving a La-Z-Boy.
According to the Duluth News Tribune, Dennis LeRoy Anderson departed from a bar in Proctor, a town in northern Minnesota, and started to drive his chair home one night in August 2008.
However, the 62-year-old crashed the La-Z-Boy into a parked car. He was not seriously injured, but police found that his blood alcohol level was 0.29, more than three times the legal limit.
Anderson admitted to drinking eight or nine beers, a criminal complaint stated.
As for the chair, which was powered by a lawnmower engine and tricked out with headlights, a stereo and a steering system, is going to be auctioned off by police at an undetermined date.
The Minnesota senior will serve two years probation.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ds_guilty_to_driving_drunk_in_soupedup_l.html
