The ‘Ninja Bandit’ Returns to Staten Island
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Staten Island’s costumed crook known as the Ninja Bandit has apparently struck for the 19th time. In the latest incident, a family on Melhorn Road in the Castleton Corners neighborhood reported that the thief stole more than $100,000 worth of jewelry.
“The M.O. fits the pattern” of the 18 earlier Ninja heists, a police spokesman, Officer Martin Speechley, said.
The burglary took place between Wednesday and Friday of last week, Mr. Speechley said. A sliding glass door was left open, indicating that the thief exited through it and may have entered through it, he said.
The victim, Dr. Shahabuddin Ahmad, told the Staten Island Advance that the home has an alarm system but it did not go off.
