AMES, Iowa ??? Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution’s electronic equipment to watch pornography. Police allege the 55-year-old man broke into the First Christian Church on Thursday. After gathering items from around the building, he is believed to have gone to the basement to spend the night.

Police summoned to the church Friday by staff, found the man trying to haul away a garbage can filled with food, kitchen utensils, clothes, electronic equipment and a 26-inch flat-screen television.

Police Cmdr. Mike Brennan said the man used the electronic equipment to watch pornographic movies that were found on him when he was arrested.

The man was being held at the Story County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.

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Information from: The Tribune, http://www.amestrib.com

Either this guy was reallllly bold, or realllllly stupid.

I mean, how else do you explain someone having the unction to break in a church, loot the place, watch porn in the church, and sleep there overnight – and still expect to get away? Wow. It’s a good thing we’re not in the 16th century – looting a church would have been the last thing he would have done. Poor fella.