He is, to the best of Detective Steve Ziegler’s knowledge, the man with the highest blood-alcohol content township police have ever arrested.

Lee Day, of the 200 block of Elm Street, was picked up by police 30 minutes before midnight on Dec. 23 after he was allegedly observed urinating "in plain view" in the parking lot at the 7-Eleven on West High Street.

"He was obviously intoxicated," Ziegler said.

He was taken into custody and was to be charged with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, but when police arrived at the booking facility at the Pottstown police station, Day "had passed out," said Ziegler.

"The officers were unable to wake him up until they had used two ammonia sticks," Ziegler said.

Day refused medical treatment, but when he passed out again, police took him to Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, said Ziegler.

Day’s blood-alcohol level was .409, said Ziegler.

The legal limit is .08 percent.

"He’s lucky he’s still alive," Ziegler said of Day. "For us, that (blood-alcohol level) is an all-time high," he said. "We’ve never had anyone over .40 that I know of, so yeah, I guess it’s a new milestone."