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PROCTOR, MINNESOTA

A motorized chair driven by Dennis Anderson of Proctor was operating when he hit a parked vehicle in August of 2008

Police in Minnesota have had to start over again an online auction for a motorized recliner used by a man who pleaded guilty to driving it drunk.

The Proctor police department had to repost the chair after eBay notified them that it was not a La-Z-Boy brand as stated. It has been reposted as the "DWI Chair," which restarted a three-day auction.

Police Chief Walter Wobig is worried that the city of 3,000 will lose a big chunk of revenue, though. The first time, the department received bids topping $43,000 after the chair's story circulated. But by midday Tuesday, bids were up to just $2,550.

Comments (2)

ID2422: ... How'd that become city property from a DUI conviction? 1 November 04, 2009 FPD Lt: ... I may be wrong, but if I recall the story right, it was somewhere around the 5th or 6th conviction, and their law allows siezure of vehicles of repeat drunk drivers. 2 November 04, 2009

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