This won't go down as one of Vanilla Ice's better projects.
The rapper and TV personality, whose real name is Robert Van Winkle, has been charged with burglary and grand theft after allegedly stealing a number of items from a home in foreclosure that's adjacent to where he's been living in Lantana, Fla., E! News confirmed Wednesday.
As of this afternoon, Vanilla Ice was still in custody and authorities were planning to transfer him over to the Palm Beach County Sheriff.
The Lantana Police Department said in a news release today that Van Winkle was pegged as their suspect during the course of an investigation into a burglary that occurred sometime between December and this month on North Atlantic Drive.
Among the items taken: furniture, a pool heater and bicycles.
Van Winkle has been renovating his own residence, which is adjacent to the house that was burgled, for his DIY show The Vanilla Ice Project. Per police, a search warrant turned up the missing items "under the care and control" of the "Ice Ice Baby" artist. The alleged victim identified the goods in question as the stolen items and they have since been returned to their rightful owners, police continued.
Vanilla Ice voluntarily met with detectives and provided a sworn statement, after which, combined with corroborating statements and the evidence collected, he was taken into custody and charged.
The DIY network said in a statement that it has "been made aware of this situation and is currently looking into the matter."