Rapper Eminem, and his security force, foiled the plans of a intruder who broke into his Clinton Township home through a back door on April 5, police and people close to the artist said.

The star, born Marshall Mathers, was awakened by a home alarm system about 4 a.m. that morning, ultimately confronting the bearded intruder in his living room.

The man "was verbally and physically detained by Marshall, while security was alerted," an Eminem associate told the Free Press.

Matthew David Hughes was charged in Macomb County District Court with first-degree home invasion and malicious destruction of a building. He's being held on a $50,000 bond.

Hughes hails from Michigan, though he is documented as "homeless" on the warrant issued by police, said Clinton Township Police Captain Richard Maierle.

Hughes is alleged to have thrown a paving stone through a glass-plated kitchen door in the back of Eminem's house. He had evaded a security team stationed in front of the property, a source told the Free Press.

"Eminem was at his home in compliance with the governor's stay-home, stay-safe order," Maierle said. "Security was alerted, came in, took him into custody, and nobody got hurt."

A health mask was issued to Hughes by police after his arrest, and appears in his mugshot — though pulled under his chin so his face is visible.

Eminem's house in the gated Clinton Township development — one of several metro Detroit properties the rapper has owned — has been his primary residence for two decades.

Hughes will appear in court June 29 for a competency hearing. He could face up to 20 years in prison for a home-invasion conviction, and up to five years for malicious destruction.

Contact Detroit Free Press music writer Brian McCollum: 313-223-4450 or bmccollum@freepress.com.