I imagine this event (if true, and it seems likely) is just Chris impulsively going for broke.
"Got arrested for pepper-spraying some guy at GameStop? Well, they'll have to arrest me AGAIN. That'll show them!"
I don't think he's *consciously* thinking that way but he's certainly stuck in a circular pattern that even Philip Glass would envy. But at this point, it's "if I can't have your love, I'll take your hate" type of attention whoring. If he weren't so spectacularly Autistic, he'd probably have a Born To Lose tattoo across his fat stomach and holding up liquor stores with an airsoft gun.