*Eminem came face-to-face with a home intruder back in April at his Detroit-area home.
Police say 26-year-old Matthew David Hughes was arrested on April 6 after using a paving stone to smash a kitchen window to climb into the rapper’s house that sits in a gated community.
According to a TMZ report, an alarm went off causing Eminem to wake up and discover Hughes in his living room. Eminem’s security was able to apprehend the suspect.
Hughes was later charged with first-degree home invasion and is being held on a $500,000 cash bond.
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During a preliminary hearing on Wednesday (September 10), a courtroom reporter revealed that Eminem told a responding officer that Hughes made it clear he was there to kill him, Complex reports.
“Mr. Mathers (Eminem) said Matthew Hughes told him he was there to kill him,” journalist Nick Perreault tweeted.
Court. Eminem news. “Mr. Mathers (Eminem)
said Matthew Hughes told him he was there to kill him.” Detective said that’s what Eminem told him after his home was broken into in April. Hughes pictured faces felony charges. Case now heads to Macomb County Circuit court September 28. pic.twitter.com/k5il3IGQjw— Nick Perreault (@NickPtv) September 9, 2020
Eminem was not in court today. Bond remains $50,000 cash surety for Mr. Hughes. Investigation showed a window was broken, Mathers security team responded. At first Mathers thought Hughes was his nephew, but it was dark & Mathers soon realized he did not know the man in his home.
— Nick Perreault (@NickPtv) September 9, 2020
According to Officer Adam Hackstock, Eminem told him that he escorted Hughes through multiple rooms inside his home to an exit. Hackstock testified that he saw a security guard “wrestling” with Hughes on the ground as he arrived on the scene.
Eminem was not present during the hearing.
The next hearing in the case is set for Sept. 28.
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