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Nickelodeon Star Arrested for Malibu Burglary

Chris O'Neal - who starred on Nickelodeon series How To Rock in 2012 - was arrested in connection to a burglary in Malibu, California.The 31-year-old former chi...

Nickelodeon Star Arrested for Malibu Burglary
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Bintano News

March 18, 2026

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Chris O'Neal - who starred on Nickelodeon series How To Rock in 2012 - was arrested in connection to a burglary in Malibu, .

The 31-year-old former child actor was taken into custody on Monday when law enforcement responded to a burglary call at 5:45am according to TMZ.

Sources told the publication that the person who called claimed to have seen security footage of three adults inside of the home.

Police were told the suspects had entered through the rear of the home and manipulated the cameras so that the caller could not see what happened according to TMZ's insiders.

O'Neal was among those who were arrested in connection with the alleged burglary and was booked into LA County Jail.

He was released on Tuesday afternoon due to 'insufficient grounds to file a complaint against that person.' 

Chris O'Neal - who starred on Nickelodeon series How To Rock in 2012 - was arrested in connection to a burglary in Malibu, California 

In 2013, he starred as Ben Dupree in Nickelodeon television film Swindle alongside Ariana Grande

Daily Mail has reached out to legal representatives for O'Neal and has yet to hear back. 

O'Neal's first major role was in the aforementioned Nickelodeon comedy How To Rock.

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The 31-year-old former child actor was taken into custody on Monday when law enforcement responded to a burglary call at 5:45am according to TMZ 

He was released on Tuesday afternoon due to 'insufficient grounds to file a complaint against that person' (O'Neal is seen in LA back in December 2017)

He played the role of drummer Kevin Reed as the series was centered around Cymphonique Miller's character Kacey Simon who was the frontwoman of their pop/hip-hop band Gravity 4

The series did not take off on Nickelodeon as it was not brought back for a second season

More recently he starred as Daniel Hayward in Netflix adventure series Greenhouse Academy from 2017 to 2020

O'Neal was a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey and attended Teaneck High School.

His career began as a young actor starring in several commercials and even appeared in a Saturday Night Live sketch before getting his first role on Nickelodeon.

He also has worked on music as he released an EP titled Just Getting Started in 2014. 

More recently O'Neal has been making his presence felt via social media including his Instagram and YouTube channel. 

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