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Jeff council lawyer found in trash can
By Ben Zion Hershberg
The president of the Jeffersonville City Council said she will call a special meeting next week to discuss the future of the council’s lawyer, who was found Wednesday lying in a neighbor’s garbage can after what he called a night of celebratory drinking.
Larry Wilder was found by the neighbor around 7 a.m. Wednesday.
“It is really embarrassing,” Connie Sellers said. But she said she sees the incident as a personal mistake and doesn’t think it should affect Wilder’s professional relationship with the council, while others saw it differently.
Wilder apologized for any embarrassment he caused. “I apologize to my children more than anyone,” he said.
Officers helped Wilder walk across the street to his house after being called by a neighbor. No charges were filed. Police Chief Tim Deeringer said his officers used their discretion in simply helping Wilder home because he was cooperative and wasn’t a threat to himself or anyone else.
Conrad Embry, 80, the neighbor who called police, saw his garbage can on its side and someone lying in it when he took is dog out for a walk about 7 a.m.
“If I’d known it was Larry Wilder, I wouldn’t have called the police,” Embry said. He said Wilder “has been a wonderful neighbor.”
In an interview Thursday, Wilder acknowledged he went out Tuesday night with a group of friends to celebrate after one of them passed a real-estate licensing exam, and that he had been drinking. After dinner in Louisville, he said, the group went to Fourth Street Live.
“I was not driving,” Wilder said. “It’s a private matter, made public because I am a public person.”
Wilder said he was driven home in a client’s limousine. He declined to identify the client. He also said he remembered little of what happened after leaving Louisville.
Embry said he heard and then saw a group of people who were noisy in the street in front of his house about 5 a.m. Wednesday.
He said he called to them to ask if they needed help, and then saw a limousine drive away. He said he didn’t find Wilder until two hours later.
According to the police report, four officers responded to the call received just before 7 a.m. and found the contents of the trash can scattered with Wilder inside. A photo taken at the scene shows a man head-first in the can. Deeringer said the photo apparently was taken by one of the officers with the officer’s personal cell phone, and that he is attempting to find out which one. While that doesn’t violate department policy because it was taken in a public location, the chief said, he would prefer his officers not take private pictures of police activities, and plans to discuss the matter with the officer.