Another Episode of 'What Were They Thinking?'

You're a burglar; you've got your black mask, clothes and gloves on. You're carrying a flashlight, screwdriver and a wrench.

Your target? A jewelry store, inside of which riches await you. You park your car on a suburban side street and walk to the store's back door. You pry away at the door but, try as you might, it won't budge. Frustrated and in a state of despair, you trek back to you vehicle while deciding what to do next.

Just as you're about to enter your car, you notice something alarming: you parked in front of a house that has exterior security cameras! The jewelry store owner will most certainly see the damage you caused to his door, and now a homeowner has your car on camera! What if the police obtain the security video? They'll identify your car as having been in the area! So, you do the only (il)logical thing....

Eric Michael Stevens of North Charleston, SC, who has a history of burglary arrests and convictions, was taken into custody by NCPD early yesterday, marched out to police by the armed homeowner whose house Stevens had broken into. It seems Stevens, in an effort to enter the home and destroy the security video recorder, had pried open a bedroom window and climbed inside...falling onto the bed where the homeowner had been sleeping. However, hearing the noises at his window, the homeowner pulled his gun out of a drawer and was waiting for Stevens.

After firing a shot at Stevens and then holding him at gunpoint, the citizen called police, who arrived to find Stevens being marched out of the house by its armed occupant.

Stevens was charged with first-degree burglary of the home, attempted burglary of the jewelry store and possession of burglary tools, all of which are felonies.

It is unknown if the security cameras caught footage of Stevens or his car.

Eric Stevens