Oh man, Adam Stone really took “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” to tragic new lows. This genius, already on probation for aggravated domestic battery (because nothing says “I’m a changed man” like beating up your gal pal and getting a hug from grandma sentence), decided the perfect 4 a.m. flex was to smash a basement window and barge into a Naperville home where his ex-girlfriend was just trying to visit friends in peace.
Plot twist: the homeowner and his buddies weren’t having it. They turned him into a human pinata, fought him off, dragged his sorry self outside, and then—because apparently he needed to double down on the stupidity—sat on him like a group project nobody wanted to do until the cops showed up. His mugshot? Let’s just say his left eye looked like it lost a staring contest with Mike Tyson’s fist. Blackened, swollen, the full “I picked the wrong house” glow-up.
But wait, there’s more! After getting yeeted out the door, Adam the Rock Star tough guy came back with landscape bricks like some very low-budget Thor, chucking them through the front window like Barack Obama throwing a first pitch and at cars in the driveway. Because nothing screams “I’m winning this breakup” like property damage and another felony. Yes, Adam’s felony stupid.
Fast-forward a few years: bench trial, guilty on two counts of home invasion (Class X felony, the big leagues), and boom—20 years in the big house, courtesy of Judge Margaret O’Connell. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin basically summed it up with the judicial equivalent of “play stupid games, win stupid prizes,” saying homes are sanctuaries and this clown shattered that for everyone involved.
The sad part? Under the Land o’ Pritzker’s sentencing laws, he’ll prolly be out in three to five years.
Moral of the story? If you’re a domestic abuser fresh off probation, maybe don’t escalate to home invasion starring you as the villain who gets curb-stomped by the homeowner and his buds. The ex dodged a bullet, the homeowners got a hell of a story, and Adam? He’s got a couple years to reflect on why “breaking and entering” isn’t a love language. Cheers to karma showing up fashionably late but with excellent aim.
Too bad nobody had a gun. This would have made a perfect defensive gun use. In fact, it should have been a defensive gun use. It probably would have been in Florida or Texas. Or at many GSL members’ homes.
A Chicago man accused of breaking into a Naperville home where his ex-girlfriend was visiting, only to be confronted and detained by several men who held him until police arrived, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced Tuesday.
At about 4 a.m. on August 6, 2022, Adam Stone, 28, went to a Naperville home where his ex-girlfriend was visiting and broke a basement window to gain entry, Berln said. Once inside, he fought with the occupants before they forced him outside.
About 15 minutes after being removed from the home, Stone threw a landscape brick through the front window and threw additional bricks at vehicles parked in the driveway, according to Berlin. Naperville police responded to the scene and found “several men” holding Stone down outside the residence.
Stone’s mugshot from the night of his arrest shows his left eye blackened.