Larry Wilder, a once-respected Indiana lawyer, resigned today over an event that somehow slipped under my radar.
“On June 17th, Jeffersonville attorney Larry Wilder was found asleep by police in his neighbor’s overturned city garbage can after neighbors called police when they woke to find their trash strewn on the ground and a man inside the receptacle.”
Good times.
“Although police records describe Wilder as “10-47” — police code for intoxicated — upon officers’ arrival, no breath alcohol or sobriety test was administered. It’s an officer’s discretion on what actions to take in such situations, the chief said. Typically, if someone is that close to their home, they would just be escorted to their residence.”
Sounds like the dude had a serious night on the town.
The night before he and some friends were celebrating one of his colleagues’ advancement with dinner and drinks with friends in nearby Louisville, Ky. He was driven home in a client’s limousine and, get this……
remembers little of what happened after that. YOU DON’T SAY?? lol
A neighbor found Wilder sleeping inside the can when walking out of the house that morning.
As a result, Wilder has been the butt of many jokes on law blogs and has taken a some harsh criticism from city officials, including the mayor, who called him an “embarrassment”.
I don’t think embarrassment is the right word… driving home and getting popped would have been an embarrassment, this was just a good time that got a little out of hand.
But as a result, the Indiana lawyer has quit all of his public jobs.
“In 2008, he was the highest paid of Jeffersonville’s six city attorneys, receiving $107,000 in tax dollars. That’s four times more than the next highest-paid city attorney.”
Larry Wilder says he also has told the Greater Clark County School Board that he won’t seek to renew his annual contract when it expires June 30.
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July 1st, 2009 at 5:20 pm
LOL I am simply amazed at the quality of articles you have on this site…. BRAVO.
This guy is too much, he pulled over a trashcan and went to sleep in it?? I’ve had my share of dumb drunken pass out areas, but man… this is takin it to a whole nother level!!
Don’t go too hard on the guy though, he didn’t hurt anyone, he didn’t drive anywhere, and I guarantee you….. He won’t be drinking anymore after being embarrassed like that!
July 14th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Wow… does it not strike anyone strange that a man who just came from diner and had a comfortable bed waiting inside the house next door would pull over his neighbor’s garbage can then crawl inside. I mean this is not some homeless person looking for a meal and a place out of the rain. If he was that drunk he would have just passed out in their yard. And he could have knocked over their garbage can in doing so but crawled inside? I’m not that stupid to buy this.
If you will investigate before using this as a funny story for your blog, you will see that he only had 3 or 4 drinks at dinner. You will also see that there were several people that hated him enough to want to ruin his carrer, especially members of the local police force who didn’t like the fact that as an Atty for the city he recommended that they should be able to run a mile as part of their physical. Is it just a coincidence that the leaked photo was taken with a police camera? I think not. It is very easy to slip stuff into a drink and stage photos like this. I say ask yourself if this whole thing does not smell.. well.. like GARBAGE before you hang him.