Yes I know Larry in real life. We met through one of my closest friends who is also his godson. I have known him about 5 or 6 years. While we are on opposite sides of the political spectrum he is a good lawyer and a good guy. He is not an Alkie, but yes he got WAY carried away, just as any of us are capable of. If it had been anyone else this would never had even made the news. However there were a couple of important factors, the biggest being that the is very active behind the scenes politically around here. He has made a lot of enemies on both sides and everyone around here knows him.
This has caused a hell of a local controversial because of how he police handled it. Normally in a case like this they would put you in your house and be done with it. Hell they swept a city officials DUI on a suspended license in a City vehicle under the rug. But in this case they took photos and leaked them to the media. There have been talks of discipline on the part of the officer, and of Larry resigning from his position. Frankly I don't know what, if anything should come of it. He did nothing illegal but obviously it was embarrassing. And the police should not have taken and leaked the photos, however there is nothing illegal there as far as I know.
It has not been an easy situation on him. Like any of us can, he made a mistake. The local fallout has been bad enough, but the fact that it has been picked up outside of southern Indiana has made it hard to handle.
