September 22, 2007 Return of Staten Island’s Ninja Burglar
2007_09_ninja.jpgA Todt Hill couple’s home was broken into by the infamous Ninja Burglar last night. The craziest part: The wife ran into him. The Staten Island Advance reports that Mary Ann Carlo bumped into the intruder. Carlo said, “I started screaming, ‘The Ninja is here! The Ninja! The Ninja!’” The Advance has the details AND gets a plug:
At about 10:30 p.m., Mrs. Carlo turned off the television and headed downstairs toward the bedroom, where her husband was already asleep.
That's when she encountered a white male of medium build, clad all in black.
"I knew it was the Ninja Burglar from reading the Advance and not my husband playing some trick," she said.
The masked man didn't say a word when she happened upon him, and he didn't seem to be armed, she said. The two stood nose to nose for a brief moment, before she yelled and he took off.
She and her husband called 911 and left the house. Soon after, the cops “locked down” the neighborhood and used a helicopter to attempt to find the burglar but were unsuccessful. The Ninja Burglar has robbed at least 14 other homes. Two weeks ago, one homeowner stabbed the intruder but he still got away.
In the bedroom, Carlo found some of her jewelry on her jewelry box (the Ninja was in the room while her husband was sleeping!) and police say some of the missing jewelry was found in the driveway. The NYPD, which formed a “Ninja Burglar” task force," says that the crime “definitely” fit the Ninja Burglar pattern. All told, homeowners have seen him in six of the robberies.
And what’s more, it’s believed that he robbed a home in Oakwood after the attempt on the Carlos’ house.
Y’all know me. Know how I earn a livin’. I’ll catch this ninja for you, but it ain’t gonna be easy. Bad shinobi. Not like going down to the community center and chasing chunners and TKDers.
This ninja, knock you out cold. No pressure points, no chi strikes, down you go. And we gotta do it quick, that’ll bring back your tourists, put all your businesses on a payin’ basis. But it’s not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than some green varrots, chief.
I’ll find him for three, but I’ll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you’ve gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don’t want no volunteers, I don’t want no mates, there’s too many TUF noobs on this island.
Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tabi, the whole damn thing.
The average price in NYC is 12,000. But you have to factor in that he has been stabbed recently, and has been seen by at least 20 people, meaning that he ran out of ninja invisible magic a while back. I will give you 7,000 for his head, and if he does not blow himself up the final 2,000 for his heart.
On a more serious note, WTF IS UP WITH THIS RECENT STRING OF NINJER CRIMES!? I mean, that one story about the ninja chicks robbing the convenience store, the story about the two teenage punks dressing up as ninjas and vandalizing a martial arts school… and now this!?
Wait. Is the NYCTD on the 29th or the 30th? I was annoyed I missed the last one and made plans for this one. Now I’m all confused because I thought it was Sunday.