Robert De Niro

(CNN) - New York City police arrested a woman for allegedly burglarizing actor Robert De Niro's Manhattan townhome on Monday. Thirty-year-old Shanice Aviles ...

Thirty-year-old Shanice Aviles was spotted entering De Niro’s home around 2:45 in the morning, police said. Police took her into custody without realizing she was allegedly robbed the actor’s home, according to the department. NYPD: Woman caught taking Christmas gifts from Robert De Niro’s home

Mayor Adams called out accused Robert De Niro burglar Shanice Aviles, citing the serial thief as the latest poster child for the city's rampant recidivism.

“Those who have covered Albany know that sometimes it takes one or two legislative sessions before you land the plane,” he said. “She’s doing it again,” he said. The mayor added that “recidivism is the enemy of our cities across America.”

De Niro ran downstairs in his bathrobe as officers arrested the suspect, but it understood there was no direct confrontation between him and Aviles. When asked ...

Aviles was being followed by NYPD officers at around 2.30am on Monday morning when she broke into De Niro’s seven-bedroom townhouse on East 65th Street. I didn’t murder anybody!" De Niro’s 11-year-old daughter he shares with ex-wife Grace Hightower, from whom he split in 2021, was also at home sleeping in another bedroom when the break-in occurred.

A woman has been arrested after allegedly breaking into Robert De Niro's home and attempting to steal Christmas presents.

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Shanice Aviles, 30, has now been charged burglary in connection to the break in which took place Monday at the actor's home in the Upper East Side.

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