--- description: A pool heater was among the missing items title: Vanilla Ice Accepts Plea Deal in Florida Home Burglary Case image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdce92ada24f9dddf/69878680428a9e3eeccc7f11/vanilla-ice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Vanilla Ice Accepts Plea Deal in Florida Home Burglary Case by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 9:46 PM CUT  Vanilla Ice at the Student Filmmakers showcase on March 12, 2015 in Boca Raton, Florida. Vanilla Ice at the Student Filmmakers showcase on March 12, 2015 in Boca Raton, Florida.Larry Marano—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 9:46 PM CUT Rapper Vanilla Ice accepted a community service plea deal on Thursday allowing him to avoid prosecution in the[ break-in and burglary of a Florida home](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rapper-vanilla-ice-told-cops-he-thought-stolen-property-was-n309291 "undefined"). The rapper, whose real name is Robert Van Winkle, agreed to 100 hours of community service and to pay more than $1,000 in restitution after appearing in West Palm Beach Circuit Court Thursday morning, according to prosecutors. Van Winkle, 47, was arrested and charged with grand theft and burglary on Feb. 18 after furniture, a pool heater, bicycles and other items disappeared from a foreclosed South Florida home between last December and the time of… [_Read the rest from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vanilla-ice-accepts-plea-deal-florida-home-burglary-case-n334806?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3769947/vanilla-ice-plea-deal-florida-home-burglary-case/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3769947/vanilla-ice-plea-deal-florida-home-burglary-case/"},"headline":"Vanilla Ice Accepts Plea Deal in Florida Home Burglary Case","datePublished":"2015-04-02T21:46:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:40:29.841Z","description":"A pool heater was among the missing items","url":"https://time.com/3769947/vanilla-ice-plea-deal-florida-home-burglary-case/","keywords":["Crime","Florida"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdce92ada24f9dddf/69878680428a9e3eeccc7f11/vanilla-ice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdce92ada24f9dddf/69878680428a9e3eeccc7f11/vanilla-ice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Vanilla Ice at the Student Filmmakers showcase on March 12, 2015 in Boca Raton, Florida.","caption":"Vanilla Ice at the Student Filmmakers showcase on March 12, 2015 in Boca Raton, Florida.","creditText":"Larry Marano—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3769947/vanilla-ice-plea-deal-florida-home-burglary-case/","name":"Vanilla Ice Accepts Plea Deal in Florida Home Burglary Case"}}]}] ```