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Vanilla Ice was arrested on Feb. 18 on charges of burglary and grand theft
Vanilla Ice‘s rap sheet just got a little longer. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, the rapper-turned-reality TV star, 47, was arrested for burglary in Lantana, Fla., Lantana PD confirms to Us Weekly.
The "Heartbreaker" singer was arrested in Miami Beach early on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, on suspicion of drag racing, DUI and driving with an expired license. A police report stated that he resisted without violence before being taken into custody.
According to police, Ice (real name Robert Van Winkle) is being charged with burglary and grand theft in connection with an incident that happened between December 2014 and February 2015 in Lantana, where he was renovating a home as part of his DIY Network show The Vanilla Ice Project.
Rapper Vanilla Ice, also known as Robert Van Winkle, poses for his mugshot after being arrested on burglary charges on February 18, 2015 in Lantana, Florida.
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A Lantana PD spokesperson tells Us that several items were stolen from a house in foreclosure near the one that the “Ice, Ice Baby” rapper was working on. The items included furniture, bicycles, and a pool heater.
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Authorities recovered the stolen property after obtaining a search warrant for the TV host’s Palm Beach County house. “During the investigation, it was determined Robert Matthew Van Winkle played a role in the burglary and theft,” a police statement says.
After his I Am Number Four costar Dianna Agron moved out of their shared pad in February 2011, Pettyfer became “a psycho loose cannon.” On February 18, the fiery Brit started a heated confrontation with actor Sebastian Stan, where he accused the Gossip Girl star of hooking up with his ex.
This is not the rapper’s first run-in with the law. Back in 1991, he was arrested for allegedly pulling a gun on someone in L.A. He was also arrested in 2001 and 2008 following domestic disputes with his then-wife Laura.
