Dad dresses up like Ninja, leaves 4-year-old son home alone (Scottsdale, Pennsylvania)

From the Imperfect Parent blog.

Dad ROSS HURST dresses up like Ninja and play out on the street all by himself. Meanwhile, he left his 4-year-old son home alone. And this isn't just a freaky story. Notice that there is mention of a grandmother who was supposed to be taking care of the child (according to Daddy), but there is NO MENTION of a mother AT ALL. And notice that this guy has made death threats before and attempted to intimidate a witness in a criminal matter. I seriously wonder if this is a custodial dad. Sure sounds like it.

And I wonder if he knows about the UK fathers rights group, Fathers4 Justice. They like to dress up like superheroes too--when they're not throwing things at elected officials, shutting down traffic, or threatening to kidnap the prime minister's son.

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.

http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2011/03/11/dad-dresses-up-like-a-ninja-leaves-4-year-old-son-home-alone/

Dad dresses up like a ‘Ninja’; leaves 4 year old son home alone
March 11th, 2011 by Jessica Carlson

A 28 year old man reportedly told Scottsdale, Pennsylvania police that he was “doing nothing wrong” when they found him dressed up like a Ninja and playing all Ninja-like on Burroughs street, by himself. Police later found out that the man had a 4 year old son whom he left at home alone while he got his Ninja on. The incident happened last week in the middle of the day. According to The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Ninja father, Ross Hurst, was asked by police why he was playing Ninja by himself and he replied, “There are not a lot of people who want to play ninja.” Ah…truer words were never spoken.

Police reportedly went into investigation mode as they found the story a bit bizarre. Imagine that. Upon interviewing family members, they found out the Ninja had a 4 year old son. According to police, they later went back to Hurst’s house to question him about where his son was while he played Ninja Warrior and that’s when he told them that his son’s Grandmother would watch him during his fantasy games, but the Grandmother says that she was unaware of the situation and was never asked to watch the young boy. Hurst is now being charged with endangering the welfare of a a child. Perhaps next time, he’ll not be so greedy and he’ll teach his son the powers of the Ninja.

Hurst has several other pending allegations that his Ninja suit may not get him out of. On a separate account, he’s been accused by police of threatening to kill a man who he called and accused him of framing his friend who has been charged with possession of a controlled substance. Add to his charges, “Two counts of terroristic threats and two counts of harassment with lewd and threatening language.” Take that Ninja!