Robert De Niro nearly turned a sufferer of the real-life Grinch — a house intruder who was legit making an attempt to steal the dude’s Christmas presents … simply days earlier than the vacation.
Law enforcement sources inform TMZ … the actor’s NYC house was damaged into early Monday, at round 3:30 AM, by what cops say was a 30-year-old lady who pried his door and slunk inside. Not fairly Dr. Seuss-esque (down the chimney) — however nonetheless scary nonetheless.
We’re informed the lady was caught red-handed within the act … cops say she was trying to scrub out the underside of RDN’s tree of items — however Bobby D himself, who we’re informed was house with household, got here right down to confront her when he heard all of the commotion.
As you’ll be able to think about, the police had been known as … and NYPD says they acknowledged this perp instantly. Apparently, she’s been arrested fairly lately for related crimes — we’re informed her long-running M.O. is to case homes and break-in, very like she did at De Niro’s.
In this case … they caught her, arrested her and took to her to jail. Sounds like they did not wanna look forward to her coronary heart to develop three sizes and notice the error of her methods.
Christmas is saved at De Niro’s crib!