Henry Earl, 64, of Lexington, Kentucky. Arrested more than 1500 times, mostly for alcohol-related offenses. They think 1600 times, but they’re being cautious.
He’s been arrested constantly since 1970. Finally, The Man is getting tired of him and is starting to give him longer sentences. They’re hoping for a “Christmas miracle” of Earl sobering up.
Do we have any Lexington Dopers? Anyone know of him?
“I do always drink beer…”
I believe the legal term for what this gentleman has accomplished is “rides a cow.”
Someone needs to get all of his booking pics and make a flip-book…
If my math is right, if he first got arrested when he was 20, he’s been arrested on the average of every 10 days?
Otis Campbell?
News of him has been a regular on Fark for a while due to his legendary status and Lexington is where Fark is based.
Otis was hardly ever arrested. Barney did it once, and it was a major blow to Otis.
He’s in real danger of running up against Kentucky’s 2000 strikes and you’re out law.
He should run for Mayor of Toronto.
Ronnie Dobbs?
He was only arrest 264 prior to 1992, so it’s closer to about every 6 days since then.
Fool once, shame on you
Fool me 1600 times, shame on me.
Otis sobered up eventually and bought an ice cream truck.
Well, if they arrest people for public intoxication, then many could break that record. There are people outside my building right now who would be arrested every single day - maybe even twice a day.
I think the real hero in this story is the guys liver. You’d think being intoxicated to the point where the arrest you every couple days would sort of solve itself after a few decades, but forty years of it doesn’t seem to have killed him.
Henry Earl is a staple of Fark.com, where he’s been featured several times (Fark is coincidentally run out of Lexington, KY). Many mugshots of Earl can be found throughout the internet, mostly featuring him wearing Cosby sweaters.
Otis Campbell just used the cell as a second (or primary) domicile. I recall Barney tried to give Otis an inebriation test once, but Otis was too drunk to take it.
I’m very surprised he’s lived this long. It seems like that amount of alcohol would have caused his body to shut down by now.
If it weren’t a false saying, you could say he was the exception that proved the rule.