Chicago DUI lawyer says going, going, sold! The infamous motorized chair used in a DUI

This Chicago DUI lawyer has posted here and here about bizarre DUI arrests. I even think it is a fine idea to do whatever we can to pump up the economy. That said, I can't believe this motorized chair went for a huge wad of cash!

November 7, Duluth, MN

The auction ended at 7:12 p.m. and $10,099.99 emerged as the winning bid for a motorized recliner.

Proctor Police Chief Walter Wobig had no quarrel with the price to be paid for a vehicle his department seized following the drunken driving conviction of its owner and operator, Dennis LeRoy Anderson.

“We’ve had this vehicle in holding since Aug. 31, 2008, and if you would have told me then that it would sell for more than $10,000, I would have said you were nuts,” Wobig said.

Anderson, too, was pleasantly surprised by the response, saying: “I figured it was probably worth two or three grand at most.”

This was the chair’s second appearance on eBay. It was initially listed as a La-Z-Boy. But this false claim was flagged by the staid manufacturer of more pedestrian furniture. When informed of the improper label attached to the item, eBay pulled the chair from auction Monday. At that time, the top bid for the motorized recliner sat at more than $43,000.

“Maybe that’s the power of the La-Z-Boy name,” Wobig joked.

More likely, however: the story of Anderson’s conviction and oddly-directed ingenuity had begun to run the final leg of its course in the international news cycle.

If your ingenuity involves drinking and operating an electrical device for transportation you are cruising for a DUI.