Homeless Man Damages Police Cruiser

FREDERICK, Md. - You probably wouldn't commit a crime right in front of two police officers, but one man's accused of doing just that.

The reason? He says he wanted to go to jail!

Most of us wouldn't be willing give up our freedom, but if you have no food and no place to get warm in the middle of winter, jail starts to look pretty good.

Police say early Sunday morning 22-year-old Robert Jenifer grabbed a cinderblock and threw it directly at the windshield of a police cruiser in the parking lot of police headquarters in downtown Frederick. The car was empty at the time, but two officers were standing nearby.

Jenifer told police he's tired of not having food or a home and wanted to go to jail. He was arrested and charged with malicious destruction of property.

Advocates for the homeless say it's no surprise to them that someone would get so desperate he'd actually want to go to jail. They say they hear it quite often.