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.
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