CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Police say a man who claimed he needed a place to stay kept committing crimes until Cedar Rapids officers obliged him with an arrest.

A Linn County jailer said 24-year-old Carlos Olivas remained in custody on Wednesday.

Police say Olivas called on Sunday afternoon, saying he had scratched two vehicles and wanted to go to jail. The vehicles were gone when officers got there, so Olivas wasn't arrested.

Police say Olivas called around 5 p.m. but still couldn't provide proof of any crime.

He called again around 5:30 p.m., saying he'd damaged another vehicle. Officers took him to jail after seeing that a concrete block had been thrown through a vehicle window.

Olivas told officers he had no place else to stay.

Online records don't list his attorney's name.

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