Pa. “Ninja Warrior” in Trouble for Leaving Son Alone

Police say a western Pennsylvania man left his sleeping 4-year-old son home alone while he went outside and was pretending to be a ninja warrior.

Online court records show 28-year-old Ross Hurst, of Scottdale, has applied for a public defender but has yet to be appointed one.

The Daily Courier of Connellsville says a police affidavit shows Hurst was charged March 3 after police found him outside about 1:30 a.m. dressed all in black and ``playing ninja'' on a borough
street. Scottdale is about 35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Police say Scott told them his mother was watching the boy at the time, but the boy's grandmother denied Hurst asked her to babysit that night.

Hurst's listed telephone is not in service. He faces a preliminary hearing March 30 on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child.
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