# Vanilla Ice arrested on theft charges. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2015, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-ice-arrested-on-theft-charges/713072 "2015-02-19T06:58:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-ice-arrested-on-theft-charges/713072/1 "2015-02-19T06:58:43Z")
There’s got to be more to this story. Ice isn’t exactly broke enough to start a career of petty theft. They’ve said it was somehow tied to his DIY show he’s filming. I think he’s on season 5. I’ve grown to really respect and like the guy. Especially after seeing how hard he worked building and remodeling with the Amish. Several of the projects helped families with injured men that have been off work. Rob is such a grounded and hard working guy. He seems to have put his troubled past behind him. I’d guess he thought scrounging from an abandoned property was ok. Wouldn’t the bank usually throw stuff like this away after foreclosing? Basically clean up the property and get it ready to sell again. Hard to imagine anyone would care about some beat up pool furniture and rusty bicycles. I guess it goes to show never assume anything. No matter how neglected the property might be. There might be somebody that actually cares about junk that is there. I’ll be curious to see what new information gets reported. For example pictures of the property. Is it badly neglected or not? What is Rob’s explanation? Why would he scrounge anything? What use would he have for this crap? > **[Robert Van Winkle, AKA Vanilla Ice, Released After Being Charged for...](https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/robert-van-winkle-aka-vanilla-ice-arrested-in-residential-burglary-police/58699/)** > > Singer Robert Van Winkle, also known as Vanilla Ice, was arrested in a residential burglary, Lantana Police said Wednesday. > **[Vanilla Ice arrested for burglarizing Florida home next-door to one he’s...](https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/02/19/vanilla-ice-arrested-for-burglarizing-florida-home-next-door-to-one-hes-remodeling-for-the-vanilla-ice-project/)** > > Vanilla Ice was pinched on a burglary rap in Florida for breaking into a foreclosed home and helping himself to a host of items, police said. The has-been rapper, who reinvented himself as a TV con… > [@](#): > > The real estate broker of the home said he’s not angry but it has been a hassle. > > “Whoever it is, why would you jeopardize going to jail for basically junk? It was just worthless furniture and some items so it doesn’t make much sense,” Jim Lovely said. "The house wasn’t full of Picassos, so it wasn’t a high-dollar heist, so it’s just the principal of having to secure the place two and three times. > [@](#): > > Van Winkle was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail and released. > > “It’s a misunderstanding, it was blown out of proportion. It’s sad that good news doesn’t travel this fast,” Van Winkle told reporters as he left jail. "It’s just out of proportion and I wish you guys would focus on all the good things I’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-ice-arrested-on-theft-charges/713072/2 "2015-02-19T07:14:33Z")
I found a[MMPS thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=697782&highlight=furniture)that I started in July 2013. The bank sent a clean up crew to the wrong address. They threw out all the furniture, some car parts etc. The homeowner had partially moved out but the house wasn’t in foreclosure. The clean out crew saw basically an empty house and got rid of the few things still there. Needless to say the bank is/was in trouble. So, yes it is SOP for the bank to clean out foreclosed properties. Rob has bought and flipped many, many homes in the past 20 years and would know that. Still doesn’t explain why he’d want that crap to begin with. Maybe it was some stupid stunt for the cameras? They were filming a house flip he’s doing right next door. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-ice-arrested-on-theft-charges/713072/3 "2015-02-19T07:34:31Z")
This article came out before Rob’s arrest. He helped a family with a disabled kid put in a pool for the kid’s physical therapy. > **[Video: Boy's adorable smile convinced Vanilla Ice to build pool](https://www.floridatoday.com/videos/news/local/2015/02/17/23570629/)** > > Video: Van Kirk & Sons Pools and Vanilla Ice plan to build a pool for a family struck by tragedy. Video by Tim Shortt. Posted 2/16/15. He does a lot of charity work like this. He helped several Amish families in the prior season of the Vanilla Ice Project. He seems like a stand up guy. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-ice-arrested-on-theft-charges/713072/4 "2015-02-19T08:20:53Z")
CNN video has footage of the house and property. The furniture was just standard pool lounges. Rob was asked if this was part of his Reality Show. Rob laughed and said he wished it was. > **[Rap star Vanilla Ice is arrested, charged with burglary | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/18/entertainment/feat-vanilla-ice-arrested/index.html)** > > Rap artist Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Robert Van Winkle, is taken into custody and charged with burglary residence and grand theft. Such a strange story. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-ice-arrested-on-theft-charges/713072/5 "2015-02-19T14:33:16Z")
The news being David Bowie is not the plaintiff, this time. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-ice-arrested-on-theft-charges/713072/6 "2015-02-19T19:56:59Z")
More specific details. Doesn’t sound good. Its a shame. He seemed to have turned things around in the past few years. > [@](#): > > Cops later interviewed Ice’s construction foreman, who said Ice told him he’d bought the property and ordered him to fetch stuff from it, including the pool heater and two bikes, worth about $400. > [@](#): > > On Jan. 24, Lovely reported the place had been looted for thousands of dollars’ worth of valuables, including a $1,000 sofa, twelve patio chairs, three bar stools, an iron table and glass top, two bicycles, > some artwork, and a $3,000 pool heater, cops said. The realtor made another call Feb. 8, saying the house had been hit again, this time for a mirrored coffee table and some glass knick-knacks. > > Cops zeroed on the “Ice Ice Baby” rapper after a confidential source told them to search a Lake Worth pad owned by his company, Van Rap Ltd. Detectives executed a search warrant at the house on Hunting Trail and recovered several of the hot items, including the sofa, the patio furniture, some mirrors and the pool heater. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-ice-arrested-on-theft-charges/713072/7 "2015-02-19T20:04:53Z")
forgot the link [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/vanilla-ice-lied-owning-burglarized-house-cops-article-1.2121685](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/vanilla-ice-lied-owning-burglarized-house-cops-article-1.2121685)