A house painter who was accused of stealing a $7,000 engagement ring from the condo he was working on was caught on tape swallowing the ring when he was taken into a police station for questioning. According to officers, Kenny Narron, 44, sucked the ring down his gullet when investigators left the room to make some phone calls - and it was all caught on the security camera.

Doctors had to perform an emergency surgery to get the ring out of Narron, of Richlands, NC. According to Lieutenant James Sartell, Narron was arraigned on his hospital bed.

"I'm not sure what goes through people's minds when you're in public and there's cameras everywhere, but yeah, it is on tape," AP quotes Sartell as saying.

Investigators questioned Narron after the condo owner reported the ring missing and said his teenage son saw Narron coming out of the master bedroom, where he kept the ring under his mattress.