Serial burglar shrugs off attempt to steal Robert De Niro’s Christmas presents

‘I didn’t murder anybody!’ Serial burglar, 30, who broke into Robert De Niro’s Upper East Side home smiles as she’s handcuffed during perp walk – after snatching his presents from under his Christmas tree

By Neirin Gray Desai and Jennifer Smith forr Dailymail.Com

A serial burglar allegedly caught stealing Christmas presents from Robert De Niro’s townhouse in the Upper East Side smiled as she was led from a nearby police station in cuffs.

‘I didn’t go to Robert De Niro’s house,’ Shanice Aviles, 30, shouted to reporters as she was escorted from the 19th Precinct station house on Monday evening, adding, ‘I didn’t murder anybody!’ the New York Post reported.

Aviles was arrested for breaking into 79-year-old De Niro’s home in the early hours of Monday morning and attempting to steal presents from beneath his Christmas tree.

She was being followed by NYPD officers at approximately 3am this morning when she broke into De Niro’s seven-bedroom, East 65th Street townhouse.

When police arrived they found her trying to place gifts into a bag and playing around on the actor’s iPad.

She was already wanted for a string of other burglaries, and has been arrested 26 times before, including 15 times just this year.