NEW YORK — A career burglar broke into actor Robert De Niro’s Upper East Side home early Monday morning and tried to steal gifts from under the Christmas tree, police said.
The legendary actor came rushing down to the second floor of his townhouse and found police arresting 30-year-old Shanice Aviles. She was allegedly grabbing presents from under De Niro’s tree and had fiddled around with his iPad, police said.
Police officers from the 19th Precinct’s Public Safety Team had earlier spotting Aviles, whom they know from previous incidents, walking the streets of the Upper East Side looking for a store to burglarize, police said.
