Don’t want to jump to conclusions but is “transient” the new code for illegal? I am struggling why and American citizen would not already be in jail with his record. It seems that only illegals have access to the get out of jail free card.
I’ve always understood transient to be code for roaming bum. It says he was arrested four times in the last 11 years, but I don’t see what for. They could be misdemeanors.
Maybe the guy was hungry and needed serious medical care, so he figured he would do a crime, so he could go to prison, where he will get 3 meals a day, a warm place to sleep, and the best health care money can buy.
The only thing about his record the excerpt mentions is four arrests since 2002. That's not necessarily that much of a record dependindg on what the charges were and whether any of those arrests resulted in conviction.
Who knows, usual think of transient as a PC way of saying bum. Usually mentally ill.
Nice car, though. : /