# The Most-Arrested Person in the World **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684 "2013-12-06T15:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/1 "2013-12-06T15:59:50Z")
Henry Earl, 64, of Lexington, Kentucky. [Arrested more than 1500 times](http://us.cnn.com/2013/12/04/us/kentucky-henry-earl-most-arrested/index.html?hpt=us_t3), 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? ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/2 "2013-12-06T17:10:01Z")
“I do always drink beer…” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/3 "2013-12-06T17:19:02Z")
I believe the legal term for what this gentleman has accomplished is “rides a cow.” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/4 "2013-12-06T17:24:53Z")
Someone needs to get all of his booking pics and make a flip-book… ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/5 "2013-12-06T17:25:26Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/6 "2013-12-06T17:29:57Z")
Otis Campbell? ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/7 "2013-12-06T18:02:43Z")
News of him has been a regular on Fark for a while due to his legendary status and Lexington is where Fark is based. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/8 "2013-12-06T18:11:53Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Otis Campbell? Otis was hardly ever arrested. Barney did it once, and it was a major blow to Otis. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/9 "2013-12-06T19:30:33Z")
He’s in real danger of running up against Kentucky’s 2000 strikes and you’re out law. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/10 "2013-12-06T19:53:26Z")
He should run for Mayor of Toronto. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/11 "2013-12-06T19:57:30Z")
Ronnie Dobbs? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/12 "2013-12-06T19:58:21Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > 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? He was only arrest 264 prior to 1992, so it’s closer to about every 6 days since then. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/13 "2013-12-06T19:59:32Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > He’s in real danger of running up against Kentucky’s 2000 strikes and you’re out law. Fool once, shame on you Fool me 1600 times, shame on me. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/14 "2013-12-06T20:34:00Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Otis Campbell? > [@campp](#): > > Otis was hardly ever arrested. Barney did it once, and it was a major blow to Otis. Otis sobered up eventually and bought an ice cream truck. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/15 "2013-12-06T20:45:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/16 "2013-12-06T21:05:28Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Cognoscant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/17 "2013-12-06T21:10:43Z")
Henry Earl is a staple of [Fark.com](http://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. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/18 "2013-12-06T22:49:03Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/19 "2013-12-07T10:55:19Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > 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. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684/20 "2013-12-08T03:10:01Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > 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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-arrested-person-in-the-world/675684.md?page=2)