[/floatr]NY Daily News: Staten Island 'Ninja Bandit' may have struck for 16th time
He steals into homes under cover of night through skylights, second-floor windows and sometimes, the front door. His infamy has spread across Staten Island. So when Mary Ann Carlo encountered a masked bandit on the stairs of her home last night, she started screaming "The Ninja is here! The Ninja!" Police linked last night's incident to a string of other burglaries on Staten Island. It may mark the 16th time the borough's "Ninja Bandit" has struck since June 6...The alleged "Ninja Bandit" has absconded with jewelry, cash, and cell phones. He has come in contact with five of his victims, and while none have been seriously injured, Phil Chiolo [align=right] says he has a bruise from a run-in with marauder in his kitchen on Sept. 6. Chiolo says the "Ninja Bandit" lived up to his martial arts reputation, brandishing a set of nununchucks when he broke into Chicolo's home through the front door around 1 a.m. Chiolo stabbed him with a steak knife, and the "Ninja" ran from the scene with the handle of the knife still wedged in his chest...more...
