Ninja Burglar behind more than 100 break-ins takes plea deal

The burglaries, which occurred between 2005 and 2015, caused some neighborhoods to supplement police patrols with private security.

Besides Staten Island, the universal plea agreement covers crimes in Connecticut; New Jersey; and Albany and Saratoga counties in New York, McMahon said.

The case took a major turn during an October 2014 law enforcement meeting when a detective from Saratoga Springs, in upstate New York, told New York City officers that her department was investigating a residential burglary pattern, and that Costanzo was the main suspect.