Robert De Niro’s Christmas Presents Almost Stolen by Home Intruder

Robert De Niro virtually grew to become a sufferer of the real-life Grinch — a house intruder who was legit attempting to steal the dude’s Christmas presents … simply days earlier than the vacation.

Law enforcement sources inform TMZ … the actor’s NYC dwelling was damaged into early Monday, at round 3:30 AM, by what cops say was a 30-year-old girl 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 wash out the underside of RDN’s tree of presents — however Bobby D himself, who we’re informed was dwelling with household, got here all the way down to confront her when he heard all of the commotion.

As you’ll be able to think about, the police had been referred to as … and NYPD says they acknowledged this perp instantly. Apparently, she’s been arrested fairly just lately for comparable 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 ahead to her coronary heart to develop three sizes and notice the error of her methods.