Man Pleads Guilty to La-Z-Boy DUI
Well, the law says that for a person to be charged DUI he had to be driving a vehicle, and apparently motorized upholstery counts as a vehicle too.
That’s what we found out today when a Minnesota man pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-boy while drunk.
The Laz-boy was powered by a converted lawnmower and even had a cup holder and a stereo.
According to reports, Dennis LeRoy, 62, told the police that he left a bar in Proctor aboard his La-Z-boy after drinking 8-9 bottles of beer.
He eventually crashed to a parked vehicle.
The prosecutors said that his BAC at the time of the “vehicular” accident was .29%, which is very high and serves as an aggravating offense.
DUI offenders with at least .20% BAC in Minnesota may be given an increased punishment under the “enhanced penalty rule.”
LeRoy got 180 days jail time and two years probation for the offense.
Just goes to show the flexibility of the law. It did not say that it had to be a car or any other common vehicle that you need a license to drive.
It just stated that everyone is prohibited from driving a “vehicle” while under the influence.
In truth, an improvised vehicle like that could even be more dangerous as its crashworthiness has not been tested.
He’s lucky that no one got hurt during the incident or the charges could have been graver.
Thankfully, the damage was limited to the parked car and probably his La-Z-boy.
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