"There are not a lot of people who want to play ninja"

[pauldun170]

Cops: 'Ninja' dad left 4-year-old son home alone
Pa. man allegedly told patrolman 'he was not doing anything wrong'

SCOTTDALE, Pennsylvania— A man left his
sleeping 4-year-old son home alone while he
went outside and pretended to be a ninja
warrior, police say.

The Daily Courier of Connellsville reported
that Ross Hurst was charged with endangering
the welfare of a child after police found him
dressed all in black and "playing ninja" on a
borough street. Scottdale is about 35 miles
southeast of Pittsburgh.

Police say Hurst, 28, told them his mother was
watching the child, but the boy's grandmother
said Hurst never asked her to babysit.

In an affidavit, Patrolman Joseph Lane said
that he asked Hurst "why he was playing by
himself" at around 1.30 a.m. on March 3.

"He replied that there are not a lot of people
who want to play ninja," the newspaper
quoted Lane's affidavit as saying. "I advised
him that it looked to me that he was doing
something else. Hurst stated that he was not
doing anything wrong and was going home."

Hurst is due in court on March 30, according
to the newspaper.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42029894/ns/us_news-weird_news/#

[the chi]

Kaneman?

KIDDING!! :lol:

Thats kinda an odd set of circumstances...

[wildchild]

i used to have a neighbor that dressed like robin hood and walked around the neighborhood with a longbow.

people can be extremely weird.

[the chi]

i used to have a neighbor that dressed like robin hood and walked around the neighborhood with a longbow.

people can be extremely weird.


:rofl: Pics or it never happened?

Seriously tho? Thats whacked out.

[wildchild]

:rofl: Pics or it never happened?

Seriously tho? Thats whacked out.

he was one of those people you would never believe exist unless you met him. when he moved into our apt complex I almost threw his shit in the dumpster.
he moved by carrying all of his crap in garbage bags from where he used to live, and deposited it all in the parking lot of our apt that he was moving into. I walked out to go to work at 5 Am and all I seen was a parking lot full of garbage bags .
just before I started tossing them in the dumpster he came walking up the drive with another load of bags.
he seen me carrying a compound bow in it's case one time. asked if he could see it as he was an archer, i let him see it and he couldn't even come close to pulling it back.
i think he had a 5lb pull on his longbow. LOL

[Particle Man]

What the heck :lol:

[azoomm]

So, how does it get to the point they went to the house and check that the child was alone? I mean, was it just a slow night and the officer had nothing better to do? Did the guy threaten someone in any way with a Katana and the officer worry for the child's safety? Did his mother call while the officer was there questioning our ninja friend? Did the officer have better ninja powers that saw the dark light around this fool? Josh moonlighting in Pennsylvania?

[EpyonXero]

I feel bad for the guy, nobody else will play ninja with him.

Also, I dont have any kids but I have friends who would leave their sleeping 4 y/o to go to the bar for an hour or so. Always seemed to work out fine.

[defector]

Poor bastard. I bet if he wanted to play GI Joe, he could find some takers.

[Homeslice]

Can I ask why he was arrested? Adults have the right to dress however they want, and walk public streets at whatever hour they wish to. So unless he was trespassing on someone's property I don't see the problem. The issue of child abandonment is a separate topic, and knowing how unprofessional a lot of cops are, they probably arrested him BEFORE learning that he even had a kid.

Either this is poor reporting missing some details, or it was poor discretion used by the officer.

[the chi]

Perhaps the fact he was sneaking around a neighborhood "playing ninja" looked like a home invader?

That would be my thought, seeing some grown man creeping around, in the middle of the night in a black outfit and I assume a hood over his face, I'd be calling the cops for a prowler check.

[Homeslice]

Perhaps the fact he was sneaking around a neighborhood "playing ninja" looked like a home invader?

That would be my thought, seeing some grown man creeping around, in the middle of the night in a black outfit and I assume a hood over his face, I'd be calling the cops for a prowler check.

That might be why someone called the cops, but it doesn't justify an arrest unless he was trespassing.

[the chi]

Im not seeing anywhere where it said he WAS arrested...just says he was charged and is to appear in court. Sounds like he was ticketed with a summons and sent home, not arrested...

[Homeslice]

Could be right

[Gas Man]

Either he's just that "off" or he was fixin to rob somebody.

[smileyman]

I dont play Ninja...I play "Kick Ass"!!

Seriously, Ninja only dress dark for black ops infiltration kinda deals...The majority of the time they acted as assassins they would dress to blend in, as a farmer, servant, cook. They were hidden in plain sight. To me this is pretend double fail.

Now my Kick Ass costume is easily recognizable. Screams Dork Avenger. Even cops shy away...

[Kaneman]

I'm not legally allowed to comment on this story.

[Rangerscott]

Kaneman?

KIDDING!! :lol:

Thats kinda an odd set of circumstances...

I'd rather say I was playing ninja then tell them that I just got done killing hookers.

[Particle Man]

I'm not legally allowed to comment on this story.

:lol

[wildchild]

:lol

you know he's going to follow with "my hands are registered, deadly weapons" :lol

[Particle Man]

you know he's going to follow with "my hands are registered, deadly weapons" :lol

Just the thumbs.

[Kaneman]

Just the thumbs.

Its all registered, but I only truly need the thumbs.

[101lifts2]

Unless the kid got hurt because the guy wasn't there I don't see the big deal. People in China leave their kids wherever and they don't seem to have a loss of children issue. lutz

[pauldun170]

Unless the kid got hurt because the guy wasn't there I don't see the big deal. People in China leave their kids wherever and they don't seem to have a loss of children issue. lutz

Wasn't sure what lutz was so I searched for it on google....
When I did an image search, your post took on a new meaning