The guy behind those insane jump videos has been arrested

Could the days of crazy jump videos be over?
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The man with an internet-famous collection of incredible death-defying jump videos has been arrested.

Anthony Armer, the 28-year-old known as 8booth on Youtube, attracted an online following with cringeworthy GoPro videos that show him climbing atop high places like hotel balconies and ocean cliffs and freely leaping into the pools or oceans below.

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Now the Californian has been arrested and charged with trespassing.

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Some of Armer's videos have anywhere from 3 million to 6 million views. They often show him masked in a bandana, grabbing the bars of gates and fences to pull himself up to some insanely high place and then jump off with no harness or other support to help if he's heading toward an unfortunate landing.

Authorities said Armer unlawfully entered private properties around Orange County to leap into hotel pools or nearby ocean waters.

They tracked him down from videos he posted online and are now charging him with a total of three misdemeanor counts: Two for unauthorized entry of a dwelling and one for trespassing with intent to interfere with business, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

The adrenaline-fueled adventures of 8booth were first noticed by the Laguna Beach Police Department after they gained "media attention," the statement added.

The daredevil reportedly climbed into private properties like the employee-only areas of the Surf and Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach and Newport Towers, a private residential building.

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