Texas man has prayer in his heart, machete in his hand

Perhaps someone should add an Eleventh = Commandment: "Thou shalt not bring a machete into church."
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A Texas = man did just that on Christmas Eve, according to Forth Worth = police.

At about 1 p.m. on Dec. 24, Paul Ray Smith entered Forth = Worth's Meadowbrook First Baptist Church with a little more than a = prayer in his heart, according to police spokesman Dean = Sullivan.

"The suspect entered the church, removed a large machete = from his shirt and laid it on the altar," according to the police = report. "He then said a prayer."
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According to media reports, the = machete was handmade, and its handle was constructed from a tree limb, = black tape and a leather belt.

"He didn't attempt to harm anyone, = nor did he say anything," Sullivan said.

Alarmed churchgoers = called police. But the 39-year-old Smith had a few more surprises up his = sleeve.
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When officers arrived, they searched Smith and found = several other weapons in his possession, including a stiletto knife, a = zip gun, and "a sword of sorts, 16 inches long with a 1-inch blade," = Sullivan said.

Smith was charged with unlawful carrying of a = weapon. He is currently being held on $750 bond while awaiting a = court-ordered psychiatric exam, according to Terry Grisham of the = Tarrant County Sheriff's Department.
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