Aurora Man Gets 100 Years In Prison For Break In, Sexual Assault

AURORA, IL — A former Aurora man has been sentenced to 100 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and then driving her to a bank and forcing her to take money out of her account, prosecutors announced on Tuesday.

Thaddeus Jones, 26, was sentenced on Tuesday after being found guilty of breaking into a woman’s house in unincorporated Naperville in 2018. Police said that Jones broke into the woman’s house in the early morning hours of March 23, 2018, sexually assaulted her and then forced her to drive to her bank and withdraw money.

Then, police said that Jones returned with the woman to her house. The woman was able to escape, which led Jones to steal her car. Police found Jones in a Naperville hotel several hours later and took him into custody. He has been in the DuPage County Jail ever since.

Jones was found guilty of eight counts of criminal sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping, one count of burglary and one count of possession of a stolen vehicle in April. The DuPage County State’s Attorney announced on Tuesday that Jones was sentenced to spend 100 years in prison based on his conviction.

“Make no mistake, Mr. Jones most certainly earned every single year of the one-hundred-year sentence handed down by Judge (Michael) Reidy this afternoon,” State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement on Tuesday. “The vicious, violent attack and sexual assault Mr. Jones administered to this innocent woman will haunt her for the rest of her life. While the victim in this horrific case will never forget what happened to her, it is my sincerest hope that perhaps today’s one-hundred-year sentence will provide her with some measure of closure, knowing the man responsible will never again pose a risk to society.”

Jones is eligible for parole in 2096.