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The Stevens family enjoys a quiet morning at their Texas home when

Darrell Stevens spots a man with a machete on their ring camera casing out the house. He has his wife hide their two young children

calls 911 while he runs around locking doors and loading a handgun.

Jesse Escamita climbs onto the back porch with the machete in hand, but quickly retrases his steps when

Stephen greets him with a gun.

Nancy, while Escamilla retreats, cops are arriving, meeting him with handcuffs in the front

yard.

The Stevens moved out to Liberty Hill, Texas, a small rural town to feel safer than

they did in their Austin home.

Now that sense of security has been ripped away.

Darrell Stevens saying they will be upping security to turn their home into

Fort Knox. Jerry Escamilla, 43, now charged with criminal trespass. A California Highway Patrol

helicopter tries to break up a huge car sideshow when the occupants of a Cadillac CT6 start shining lasers into the pilot's eyes.

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