According to police and media, Robert De Niro and his daughter were at home when a suspected serial offender was captured sneaking into the actor’s rented townhouse in New York City and searching through his stuff.
Shanice Aviles, 30, grinned for the camera as she was led by officers to the Manhattan courthouse from the 19th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. The lady from Manhattan, who has a history of “many arrests for burglary,” was charged similarly for her most recent offense: breaking into actor and activist “Raging Bull’s” temporary residence, according to police.
Before going for the 79-year-townhouse old’s on East 65th Street at 2:45 p.m., Aviles is accused of attempting to break into numerous commercial buildings on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.Robert De Niro’s rented townhouse on December 19, 2022, according to allegations made against Shanice Aviles, a suspected repeat burglar who was apprehended on Monday (Elder Ordonez/SplashNews).
According to the Post, she was first observed entering the residence from the front steps while police followed closely behind. The townhouse’s basement entrance “showed apparent traces of forced entry,” according to the police, who said they broke in from there.
She was allegedly trying to use De Niro’s iPad to “take Christmas presents” when authorities eventually discovered her on the second floor of the home, according to the article.
De Niro and one of his daughters reportedly weren’t aware of the unwanted visitor because they were somewhere else in the house at the time.”We are not making any statements about the robbery at Robert De Niro’s temporary residence at this time,” the actor’s agent Stan Rosenfeld told Fox News Digital.
On Monday, De Niro informed reporters that he was “OK” following the burglary as he was leaving his house. (Mega’s Eric Kowalsky)
De Niro responded, “Yeah, I’m good,” when reporters approached him as he left his house a few hours later to inquire how he was doing. When asked about the alleged crime, she replied, “Thanks, you can read about it in the press.
It’s rumored that someone tried to get into Robert De Niro’s New York apartment and steal Christmas presents. Aviles was taken into custody with charges pending, police said. According to the report, she has more than two dozen prior convictions, mostly for alleged burglary. Sixteen of this year’s arrests were for petty theft and burglary, the Post reported.
While being escorted out of the Upper East Side’s 19th Precinct station, Aviles was heard shouting at reporters, saying, “I didn’t murder anyone!” and “I didn’t go to Robert De Niro’s house!” Then she was put in a police car that was parked outside and waiting for her.
