TMZ broke the story, here’s an excerpt:
“Vanilla Ice has been arrested and charged with burglary and grand theft for allegedly stealing furniture, a pool heater, bicycles and other stuff from a vacant home in Florida.
Lantana PD tells TMZ … it’s all connected to Ice’s TV show, “The Vanilla Ice Project.” Ice was renovating a nearby home and allegedly thought it was a good idea to go to the abandoned place and take the items in question.”
Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), better known by his stage name, Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor and television host.
Born in South Dallas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Ice released his debut album, Hooked, in 1989 onIchiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, a record label of the EMI Group which released a reformatted version of the album under the title To the Extreme.
Ice’s 1990 single “Ice Ice Baby” was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts.
