Early yesterday morning, a man broke into rapper/actor LL Cool J’s California mansion, triggering an alarm in the house. This woke up LL, who proceeded to find the attempted robber downstairs and beat the ish out of him (breaking his jaw and nose) until the cops came to take him away. Now, the man is facing life in prison for the break-in. Don’t mess with Cool James!

“Jonathan A. Kirby — a 56-year-old transient — has been charged with 1st degree burglary with a person present.

But to make matters worse for Kirby, the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office has charged him as a 3rd Strike Offender … and if convicted, he faces a maximum of 38 years to life in prison.

Prosecutors have asked the judge to set Kirby’s bail at $1.1 million.”