A man facing charges for diving into pools and ocean waters in Laguna Beach and Newport Beach was allegedly at it again in Laguna Beach last week and sustained severe injuries to his feet, police said Tuesday.
Anthony Booth Armer, 28, is suspected of jumping from the roof of the Pacific Edge Hotel, 647 S. Coast Highway, about 8:20 p.m., Dec. 28, according to Laguna Beach police Sgt. Tim Kleiser.
A hotel employee helped get Armer, who apparently just missed landing in the pool’s water, into the arms and into the car of a woman friend, who had also jumped into the pool, Kleiser said.
Armer declined the employee’s offer to call an ambulance for him and the pair left, Kleiser said.
The police account is a patchwork of evidence from the hotel’s security cameras and Armer’s alleged postings on social media, Kleiser said.
In one photo, Armer appears to be showing off broken feet with rods in them to help the bones heal, Kleiser said.
The suspect apparently has been asking for help on the gofundme website to pay for his medical bills, Kleiser said.
Armer was previously charged with two counts of unauthorized entry of a dwelling and one count of trespassing with the intent to interfere with business, all misdemeanors.
The Laguna Niguel resident is accused of posting several videos on YouTube, using the alias “8 Booth,” of himself jumping off private rooftops and cliffs into the ocean or swimming pools in Laguna Beach, Kleiser said.
In one video, Armer is seen jumping from the roof of a condominium complex into a swimming pool, where he nearly struck another swimmer, Kleiser alleged. No one was hurt in that incident, he said.
Armer allegedly vaulted over a retaining wall on July 21 into a private residence in Laguna Beach, where he got up on the roof without the homeowner’s permission and jumped into the ocean near Table Rock Beach, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Armer allegedly got up to the fifth floor of the Surf and Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach on Sept. 29 and jumped into a gated, guest-only pool.
Armer allegedly jumped from the roof of Newport Towers, a private residential building on West Coast Highway in Newport Beach, about 9 a.m. on Oct. 6 and jumped into the harbor waters, prosecutors said.
—City News Service