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Man Apprehended With BAC Seven Times The Legal Limit

March 29, 2012 at 8:39 am by kniption

Valparaiso, IN - In an obvious bid to secure a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for drunkenness, a northwest Indiana man was apprehended by police with a blood-alcohol level of 0.552 percent – or roughly seven times the legal limit.

Police say that on Saturday afternoon, a woman reported seeing a man – later identified as James Henderson, 28 – laying on the side of a road. EMS noted that Henderson had several bruises and responding officers reported that Henderson made a “barely-coherent” statement about getting hit by a truck. Police have not yet confirmed whether Henderson was in fact struck by a vehicle.

Henderson faces public intoxication charges as soon as he is released from the hospital. If his release is pending sobriety, he may have some time yet…

It has been reported that Henderson has a ‘history of alcohol-related charges.’ Sadly, it appears that the positive side of his drunkenness has been underreported. Let’s hope that this achievement will change all of that.

Tags: alcohol, Indiana, James Henderson, public intoxication

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derae

Considering that a BAC that high can be lethal, I think being hit by truck is the least of his worries.
JohnQknowitall

What a fucked up life and it doesn’t have to be like that… just sad and pathetic.
malq

If that BAC is correct, he is lucky if he comes out of that with his brain intact.
Wow! The highest BAC is higher than I remembered.

In 1995, a man in Wroc?aw, Poland,
had a car accident. At the hospital, his BAC was determined to be
1.48%. Concerned that their equipment was malfunctioning, doctors also
performed five separate lab tests, all of which confirmed the man’s
blood alcohol content. He died a few days later from wounds from the car
accident. Police were baffled as to how an individual could attain such
a high blood alcohol. Later, police discussions with his brother in-law
revealed that he had “beer bonged” pure grain alcohol allegedly stolen from his place of work, a chemical plant

Yes that is 1.48
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content#Highest_recorded_blood_alcohol_level.2Fcontent
Sam

I’m guessing he was ‘hit by a truck’ in probably the same way that some car drivers have crashed into a tree suddenly crossing the road.
darsa

Whoo… maybe he just FELT like he was hit by a truck. Still waiting for the positive effects of drinking yourself stupid; I imagine I’ll be waiting a while.
LeaveMeBe

Dumb ass. I’m just thankful he wasn’t driving in that condition. >:I
JGo555

Going to jail for being drunk won’t change this dude. Wanting to confront his “demons” instead of numbing the pain might change him.

Why don’t all drunks get alcohol poisoning BEFORE killing someone? NOOOOO, the motherfuckwitz have to take someone with them, IF they actually go & exit this world.

Wanting therapy & maybe hearing he’s got cirrhosis of the liver MIGHT help him get sober.
JGo555

You mean IRISH…
sugarpie

I’m sure this was someone elses fault.
rensuchan

I dunno JGo, I have a polish friend that can really hold his liquor. I can believe this.
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

No. He meant Polish Polish IQ Joke</a?
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

Thank you for typing this. I meant to do it but thanks to malq was too busy reading polish jokes and forgot.
PlaysWithBalls

When my uncle was arrested for DUI, his BAC was over .7. The officers thought the same thing, that there had to be an equipment malfunction, but nope, it really was that high. He is an alcoholic though (clearly). A BAC that high would have put me in the ground.
Heather4877

I’ve posted a couple of times that I’m a recovering alcoholic. One of the times (of the three) that I checked myself into rehab I checked in with a BAC of 0.53. There was a running joke the whole time I was there that I’d tried to break their machine. Of course I had to go to the hospital first before they’d continue with me. Thankfully I’m sober now and don’t ever have to live that life again, however, I’m disappointed that my accomplishment has been overshadowed by this man’s obvious dedication to the art of addiction. Damn, damn, DAMN!!!!!!
Sam

Doesn’t surprise me either. They drink their potatoes rather than eat them on that side of the world – and especially blindingly (literally) high octane moonshine stuff.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Shannon-Bennett/1803988499 Shannon Bennett

I don’t even want to know how it would feel to be that drunk.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

If he doesn’t stop he may end up dead in any number of ways – hardening of the liver is one of the worst possibles;it’s common for these deaths to occur on or near a toilet – with the person throwing up and shitting simultaneously.
LeaveMeBe

You’re welcome.

And what the hell? Why wasn’t I invited to the Polish joke party? I’m not playing with y’all anymore.
JGo555

We’re prod of you. Keep at it!
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

Don’t stop playing with me LMB….wait…um… you know what I mean.

Malq didn’t mean for it to be a party, he made a comment and my OCD research problem kicked in and had me reading foolishness for like 1/2 hr. LOL
DangerousKindOfSnark

Thanks for the nice mental image.
DangerousKindOfSnark

You rock! Keep at it and stay strong.
DangerousKindOfSnark

Dead. It would feel dead for any normal person. If he can even slur words at that level he is probably so dependent on alcohol he needs to drink to feel normal and he’s going to need professional help to quit.
buhbam

He has priors, but in this instance he really didn’t do anything wrong (c’mon…public intox, so what) so I’m not gonna fault the guy too much. I commend him for laying down on the side of the road rather than trying to drive home. He can go right ahead and pickle that liver and drink himself to death so long as he’s not hurting anyone else.
CT

You’d think I’d learn my lesson sooner but three times in a row, I ate a tuna salad sandwich from a place called the Grand Gourmet – all three times I ended up with the above affliction and at that time I wished for death. No alcohol was involved but I must have had some sort of brain damage for it to take me THREE freaking times to realize it was the damn sandwich.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Shannon-Bennett/1803988499 Shannon Bennett

I think the with drawl would kill him if he quits!
DangerousKindOfSnark

You’re right, but it’s still sad to see someone drink themselves to death.
Cory

Hey atleast the guy didin’t get in a car drive around and kill some people.
Babydoll0630

Thanks to my alcoholic genes I can consume about the same and still walk straight……..Wish I was more of a lightweight. LOL. What? Alcohol can be expensive when you have to drink more than most! Hahaha.
Babydoll0630

This is true if he consistently drinks this much. He can get delirium tremens or wtvr it’s called. Sad.
Babydoll0630

Was he hit by a beer truck?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Shannon-Bennett/1803988499 Shannon Bennett

It must be safer or less harsh on the body to slowly wean yourself off.
DangerousKindOfSnark

This is why I will only eat tuna I have personally prepared.
FrikkenFrak

“Sadly, it appears that the positive side of his drunkenness has been
underreported.”

Here’s the positive: When he finally keels over, no embalming will be needed.
FrikkenFrak

Probably wasn’t driving because he no longer has a license…..
FrikkenFrak

Isn’t the lethal zone at about .45?
http://profile.yahoo.com/XO7SU55HV3ZRPOWU5JUESCSCOQ bottleblonde

Dang, not another one from Indiana. When I tried to take my son and his friends to Indy to see the Children’s Museum, all they wanted to see was where the latest edition of “Cops” or some other yahoo in the news had been. It is a sad statement on our culture where kids think it is cooler to visit the site of the dumba$$ that grew pot in his backyard instead of science.
malq

I really don’t know, I have always heard .4-.5 But of course it would vary heavily depending on the individual and their tolerance.

Are you Frakme from the forums?
http://www.youtube.com/user/WildlifeSeriaLKiller Darrell FIne

That goofy motherfucker wasn’t hit by a truck. With that BAC, he probably fell down a few hundred times.
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

I think I’m going to watch Leaving Las Vegas tonight.
DangerousKindOfSnark

I didn’t get invited either. We’ll have our own BETTER party. We’ll have a carnival!
http://truecrimereport.com iLLusionS

Jeebus Dude, have a little blood with your alcohol.
Dirk

Could it be a statement on parenting?
Tenbux

Um.. every source I can find on the series of tubes called “The Internet” has BAC 0.50% as being fatal. And I mean the only effect listed at that level is “death”.
If a cannibal got hold of him, you’d have the only second-hand alcohol poisoning death ever.
Abroad

That doesn’t usually stop them…….
creamofflicka

Well, fuck me. They keep lowering the legal limit. It like their out to get us, man.
FrikkenFrak

Sorry, just saw your question. Nope, that isn’t me. I’m not registered on the forums.