The rebellious daughter of former law-and-order Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was busted today for allegedly stealing makeup from an upscale beauty and skin care shop near her Upper East Side home, officials said.
Cops said Caroline Giuliani, 20, a student at Harvard University, was arrested after security cameras caugh her stuffing makeup into her jacket pocket at a Sephora store at E. 86th Street and Lexinton Avenue shortly before 2 p.m.
Giuliani, who was in the store by herself, was confronted by a sales clerk and a store security guard, who called police.
Sources said she allegedly stole five items, worth about $100.
During the wait for cops to arrive, store officials established the suspect’s identity, and apparently had a change of heart and declined to press charges. But by then it was too late, and the daughter of the man who built a reputation for being tough on crime was carted out in handcuffs.
“It was captured on camera,” a law enforcement source said. “At some point the store indicated they knew who she was and that they were not going to press charges. The DA will decide whether to decline prosecution or not.”
Another source said the DA Cy Vance’s office would pursue the charge, and that Giuliani would be given a desk appearance ticket on a petit larceny charge and be required to return for a future court date.
The bust happened at a store just blocks away from the E. 86th Street home she shares with her mother Donna Hanover, the former television, the city’s former First Lady before her bitter split from the tough-on-crime mayor.
Caroline, the youngest of the former mayor’s two children, was taken to Manhattan’s 19th Precinct for processing, where she was joined by her mother.
There was no sign of her father at the precinct.
Hanover and the former mayor could not be reached for comment.