Raoul Benton: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:19, 14 May 2007

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.

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 ==References==
-*article, 22-MAY-06 "Copycat [[Ascendancy Point|Point]] [[Raoul Benton|Jumper]] Injured on Descent" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2006/05/copycat_jumper.html link])
+*article, 22-MAY-06 "Copycat [[Ascendancy Point|Point]] [[Raoul Benton|Jumper]] Injured on Descent" {{WaybackS1|www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2006/05/copycat_jumper.html}}
-*article, 11-SEP-06 "[[Raoul Benton|Guilty Jumper]] Cites [[Ascendancy Point|Extreme Puzzling]] as Motivation" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2006/09/guilty_jumper_c.html link])
+*article, 11-SEP-06 "[[Raoul Benton|Guilty Jumper]] Cites [[Ascendancy Point|Extreme Puzzling]] as Motivation" {{WaybackS1|www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2006/09/guilty_jumper_c.html}}