A woman accused of breaking into actor Robert De Niro’s New York townhouse will call his infamous Rikers Island home ahead of her next court appearance if she can’t get through.
Shanice Aviles, the 30-year-old serial thief who was caught breaking into De Niro’s Upper East Side rental, was held on $40,000 bail in lieu of more than $80,000 in a court appearance Monday, authorities said Tuesday.
She is being held at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island, the complex’s only female jail unit, and is due back in court Friday, records show.
Aviles’ attorney did not respond to a request for comment on the alleged crime Tuesday.
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Aviles was arrested around 2:45 a.m. Monday and charged with second-degree burglary, police said.
Officers from the New York Police Department’s 19th Precinct Public Safety Unit saw him walking around the Upper East Side, carrying a black bag and looking inside “several closed businesses near Lexington Avenue,” the criminal complaint said. An officer allegedly saw him trying to open doors to several businesses.
Actor Robert De Niro is seen leaving his temporary home on the Upper East Side on December 19, 2022. Shanice Aviles, who is accused of breaking into De Niro’s home, smiles for the camera outside the NYPD precinct.
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He then drove to a townhouse on East 65th Street near Park Avenue, where the fiery actor was renting a temporary residence, police and a De Niro rep said.
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Police said Aviles showed “visible signs of forced entry” when he entered the home through a basement door using a tool.
Robert De Niro’s temporary apartment in New York.
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Officers eventually located Aviles in the “living area” of the home, where the source said he was looking through presents under the Christmas tree.
A law enforcement source told Fox News that De Niro was sleeping in another part of the house while Aviles was inside. According to a source, the 79-year-old “Raging Bull” star woke up to find the woman inside.
Robert De Niro’s temporary apartment in New York.
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It is said that he had stolen headphones with him at the time.
Earlier, the New York Post reported that one of De Niro’s daughters was also in the house at the time.
De Niro was asked how he was while leaving his home on Monday, to which he replied: “Yeah, I’m fine. Thank you.”
Robert De Niro in an undated March 2022 photo.
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Aviles smiled for the camera as police escorted him from the New York Police Department’s 19th Precinct to Manhattan Court on Monday afternoon. He could be heard shouting at reporters as he was taken away.
“I didn’t kill anyone!” according to a video of the explosion, he screamed strangely. “I didn’t go to Robert De Niro’s house!”
An intruder is believed to have attempted to steal Christmas presents from Robert De Niro’s New York townhouse, December 19, 2022.
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The Manhattan woman has a history of “multiple burglary arrests,” police said.
Stan Rosenfeld, the actor’s representative, said Monday: “We are not making any further statements at this time regarding the burglary at Robert De Niro’s temporary rental home.”
Fox News’ Alexis McAdams and Larry Fink contributed to this report.