A 51-year-old homeless man ended up housed in the Butler County Prison on Tuesday after Butler police arrested him three times on the same day.

For James J. Tiani the long day’s journey into a night at the prison began about midnight when he showed up at the city police station on West New Castle Street.

He walked into the lobby, apparently intoxicated, while an officer was on the phone, according to a police report. By the time the officer was done with the call, Tiani had dozed off on a seat in the lobby.

When he was eventually awakened, he was asked why he was there. He replied, “Cause I’m all drunken up,” the report said.

He was taken to the station’s holding cell and allowed to sober up before being released Tuesday morning. He was cited for public drunkenness.

Later that day, he was at Serventi’s restaurant on South Chestnut Street, where he enjoyed food and drink. But when it came time to pay his $16.95 tab, police said, he told the staff that he had no money.

Police were called and cited him for theft of services. He was told he was not welcome back at the restaurant.

Night came Tuesday and found Tiani in trouble again, this time at the Washington Manor Personal Care Home on South Washington Street.

Tiani had recently become something of a pest there, authorities said, showing up almost daily for no particular reason.

Care home officials had told him the prior week that he had worn out his welcome. So when he returned about 9:10 p.m., police were called and took him away.

He was arrested and taken to the prison, where he was to be arraigned this morning on a charge of defiant trespass.