Police Talk Ninja Burglar With SI Residents

The shadowy "Ninja Burglar" and his brazen break-ins - when homeowners are present - are worrying Staten Island residents. The Staten Island Advance reports the Iron Hills Civic Association is meeting with the highest ranking police officer in Staten Island, Assistant Chief Albert Girimonte, today and that a "walk-through tour of the neighborhood with police is tentatively slated for Wednesday morning."

The Ninja Burglar's latest victims, Mary Ann and John Carlo, recalled the Friday night break-in at their Dongan Hills home. They believe scaled their house, got onto the roof, and then entered through a patio door. Mary Ann Carlo, who ran into the burglar, told the Advance, "He ran up the stairs like a cat. He was very athletic, very quiet and very fast." John Carlo, a dentist, suspects the robber "has a personality problem and actually believes he's some sort of ninja. He's taking a lot of chance, almost asking to get caught."

The Ninja Burglar, named so because of his ninja outfit, has struck at least sixteen homes and has actually encountered six home owners. Seventy-three-year-old Anna Jacobs told the Daily News about her July 18 encounter with the ninja, when he was standing at the foot of her bed. How did she know it was a stranger? "He was more graceful going around my bed than my husband would have been."

Though in one case, one homeowner stabbed the Ninja Burglar, police are warning Staten Island homeowners not to take matters into their own hands. A police source said, "It's a constant fear with anybody that enters a residence, knowing someone is home or should be home, that the potential for danger is there tenfold. Burglars traditionally don't want confrontation, but this guy doesn't care and that's what makes him so dangerous."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 24, 2007 5:21 PM

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knifetinkerer

dang, well that was sposed to be a link. just google knifeblabber for more on this developing tale as it develops.

knifetinkerer

Au contraire, TimSPC! For a ninja may also be stopped at least temporarily by a deadly tactical steak knife! We at KnifeBlabber are taking bets on how many other kitchen items will find their way into his torso before the deal's all done.

guest

has anyone contacted the wu tang clan? i mean, we're in shaolin territory, we got ninjas, what could be more obvious?

guest

i think this ninja makes the wives wet and the men jealous.

guest

I wanna hold the ninja! Soooo plushy!

Nick S

gotta get that cheddar.

RatherBeBiking

Hey, where'd my comment go on the CNN link go?

What's the deal? You're only doing you're own blog a disservice and alienating readers.

Seriously Gothamist, keep ads OFF the news feed.

guest

How would one describe the perp? Black?

guest

think stormshadow and snakeeyes. white ninja and black ninja in enter the ninja. it's true. now think of your dad. http://youtube.com/watch?v=S-CFKWCRAAA

arg

Whoa, I knew Ryu Hayabusa scaled buildings and leapt across building rooftops, but I didn't know the Ninja Gaiden protagonist was actually robbing houses, too. Hm... must have been happening between levels...

guest

I heard Dunkin' Doughnuts did finance the money to train a Ninja squad for the NYPD, but no one wanted to join because it would require them to stay away from any franchise owned by that company.

TimSPC

All these task forces and civic associates are not going to stop the Ninja Burglar. Only a ninja can stop a ninja.

Rest assured, I'm sure the NYPD has assigned one of its own fully-trained ninjas to counter this arch criminal. If the NYPD does not have any of its own ninjas, someone must be held responsible. To not have ninjas on the force would be gross negligence and a let down of their most basic tenant: to protect and serve.

guest

Amendment II (the Second Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, declares as "being necessary to the security of a free State", and prohibits Congress or any other government agency from infringement of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms."