Minnesota drunken driving chair sells on eBay for over $10,000

DULUTH, Minnesota (AP) - The motorized chair belonging to a man arrested for driving it into a parked car last year while drunk has sold for $10,099.99.

Proctor Police Chief Walter Wobig didn't immediately know the winning bidder's name or hometown after it was sold at a eBay auction Thursday, according to the Duluth News Tribune.

Wobig says international media attention helped fuel the bidding.

The chair was built by Dennis LeRoy Anderson. He had pleaded guilty to driving the motorized chair with a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit.

Anderson says he expected the chair would fetch only $2,000 to $3,000.

The recliner is powered by a lawnmower engine. It comes equipped with a stereo, cup holders and lights.

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Top bidder for motorized recliner in MN backs out

PROCTOR, Minn. (AP) - It looks like the famous motorized recliner that police in northern Minnesota seized after it was driven by drunken driver won't be going to California after all.

The Proctor Police Department had put the chair on eBay and thought it has sold for $10,999.99 to a California man last week, but on Monday that man backed out of the deal.

On Monday, 24-year-old Clayton Adler of Cupertino, Calif., sent the city an e-mail saying there had been a mistake, he didn't mean to bid so high and he couldn't afford to pay.

Proctor Chief of Police Walter Wobig wasn't amused. He's asked the city attorney to look into the matter.

The chair was built by Dennis LeRoy Anderson. He has pleaded guilty to driving the motorized chair with a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit. Police seized the chair in August.

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Information from: Duluth News Tribune, http://www.duluthsuperior.com

Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.