Raoul Benton

General

• Stunt enthusiast made known by his failed jump from Ascendancy Point.
• Was injured after (painfully) colliding with Ascendancy Point at it's 19th floor and (painfully) sliding the rest of the way.
  • Suffered a fractured collarbone and several cracked ribs, as well as multiple scrapes and bruises

• Was probably inspired by another successful jump, which took place one week before by an unknown jumper.
  • Also used the same maintenance hatch as the successful jumper.
  • Claims to not be the same person as the successful jumper.
  • Eventually it was revealed that he was a part of an extreme puzzling community, which seeks personal bragging rights based on the ability to solve puzzles under extreme duress.
  • During his jump he was working on a number of short anagrams, and he blamed the distraction for the unsuccessful end to his jump.

• Was arrested the same night
  • Harrah Finnegan of Perplex City Police Department suspects a correlation between the two jumpers.

• Was convicted and sentenced on or about 06-SEP-06 on charges of trespassing and public endangerment.
  • Judge Lucia Janowicz sentenced Benton to three months of imprisonment, a PCL20,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service.

References

• article, 22-MAY-06 "Copycat Point Jumper Injured on Descent" (link)
• article, 11-SEP-06 "Guilty Jumper Cites Extreme Puzzling as Motivation" (link)