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Staten Island Thief Eludes Police Dragnet

2008_10_thburg.jpgEven the police set up a "massive dragnet" to find a thief who tried to steal a safe from home in Staten Island's Todt Hill section, the thief still managed get away! The Staten Island Advance explained in spite of a "a helicopter with heat-sensing equipment as well as uniformed and plainclothes officers," the cops still lost track of a suspect who had returned to 70 Beebe Street to complete the task of stealing the safe. A cop reportedly said on the police radio, "I hear him in here! I can't find him! It's pitch black!" but the perp may have escaped by jumping out of a second floor window. The thief is also suspected in five other break-ins.

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  • Is this that ninja burglar from around a year ago?

  • ZeroK

    Ahem, yes. Dragnet.

    Read:

    - Stop cars on Todt Hill

    - Ask driver if he is, in fact, "the burglar."

    - Thank driver for his time and send him on his way.

    Crackerjack police work, as usual.

    Oh, and of course this is a completely new serial robber targeting this one neighborhood and not "that ninja who made us look like complete Keystone Cop asses for months on end."

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