Guinness Book of World Records officials confirmed Thursday that Portland man Gerald Cotter has broken more laws than any other person on record.
“It’s just kind of been a hobby for me,” reports Gerald. “I got into it after taking two newspapers from the box after paying for one. That second paper is mounted on my wall.”
In order to qualify for the record, Cotter was required to provide documentation of all his accomplishments. He was able to produce video tape evidence of over thirty years of misconduct, including over six hundred cases of jaywalking and two hundred cases of trespassing on his neighbor’s lawn.
“But most of all, I like to think of myself as a bank robber,” says Gerald, who has stolen over three hundred pens from sixteen different area banks.
Gerald’s evidence caught the eye of county officials, who arrested him in late March.
“The policeman they sent was very polite. Shook my hand. I shook his hand really really hard – that counts as assault, right?” says Gerald.
Gerald’s interview was given at the Clackamas Jail, where he is currently being held for seven thousand consecutive five minute sentences.
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