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Mesa massage parlor robbed at gunpoint
A man kicked through the waiting room door of a Mesa massage parlor and robbed an employee at gunpoint, police said.
The incident happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday at Massage 10, near Southern Avenue and Country Club Drive.
The robber is described by police as a White or Hispanic man, tall and thin, last seen wearing dark clothing and a black ski mask.
Officials said the man kicked open the waiting room door and pointed a semi-automatic black handgun at an employee and customer inside. According to court documents, the man took an undisclosed amount of cash and property from the business and fled.
There was no surveillance video taken during the incident.
Anyone with information should contact Mesa police at 480-644-2211 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.

See the full article from “Tucson Citizen”

A man kicked through the waiting room door of a Mesa massage parlor and robbed an employee at gunpoint, police said.
The incident happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday at Massage 10, near Southern Avenue and Country Club Drive.
The robber is described by police as a White or Hispanic man, tall and thin, last seen wearing dark clothing and a black ski mask.
Officials said the man kicked open the waiting room door and pointed a semi-automatic black handgun at an employee and customer inside. According to court documents, the man took an undisclosed amount of cash and property from the business and fled.
There was no surveillance video taken during the incident.
Anyone with information should contact Mesa police at 480-644-2211 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.

See the full article from “AZ Central.com”

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Phoenix, AZ, United States, 06/15/2011 – Official grand opening weekends to be held in July – TheTorchTheatre.com.
The Torch Theatre will open this July at 4721 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, and man oh man are we ready for action. Really, what better place for a theatre than on the same block with a church, a massage parlor, a bird store, and a hot dog joint? Did we mention you can take the light rail to get to us? We are awesome!
Shows will be held on July 15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd to mark the grand opening. Show times and performing troupes are listed below.
Members of the press are invited to our special preview shows on July 8th, 9th & 10th at 8:00 PM. Each show will feature Torch troupes and a talk-back after the show. You may reserve your seats by emailing info[.]thetorchtheatre.com.

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Mesa police: Women robbed near massage parlor
Mesa police are searching for two teens who robbed a pair of women of their purses at gunpoint outside a massage parlor Tuesday night.
The incident occurred about 11 p.m. as one woman arrived to pick up her friend from the Asian Star Massage parlor at 857 N. Country Club, Mesa police said Wednesday.
The women were approached by two boys, possibly in their late teens, one of whom pulled a handgun and ordered the women to the ground, police said.
The teens then reportedly stole their purses, which contained their wallets, cell phones and sunglasses.
The suspected robbers then fled on foot. Police responded with a K9 and helicopter, but the teens escaped.
Both suspects were described as being in their late-teens and about 5 feet 9 inches tall.

See the full article from “Tucson Citizen”

Mesa police: Women robbed near massage parlor
Mesa police are searching for two teens who robbed a pair of women of their purses at gunpoint outside a massage parlor Tuesday night.
The incident occurred about 11 p.m. as one woman arrived to pick up her friend from the Asian Star Massage parlor at 857 N. Country Club, Mesa police said Wednesday.
The women were approached by two boys, possibly in their late teens, one of whom pulled a handgun and ordered the women to the ground, police said.
The teens then reportedly stole their purses, which contained their wallets, cell phones and sunglasses.
The suspected robbers then fled on foot. Police responded with a K9 and helicopter, but the teens escaped.
Both suspects were described as being in their late-teens and about 5 feet 9 inches tall.

See the full article from “Tucson Citizen”

Option 1 would impose the same set of rules on all stores, requiring security cameras and other measures no matter how many times the store has called police. Stores that could prove financial hardship might be given waivers for some requirements.
Option 2 would only lightly regulate stores with few calls to the police. Problem stores would face the heaviest regulation.
Dennis Kavanaugh, Dina Higgins and Scott Somers, who began working on the issue two years ago as members of the council’s public safety committee, favor Option 1. So does Chris Glover, a current member of the public safety committee.
Mayor Scott Smith and Councilmen Dave Richins and Alex Finter support Option 2.
Somers told The Republic that unlike the massage parlor and hotel industries, which cooperated in the formation of recent anti-crime ordinances, convenience stores and their corporate lobbyists “have been very adversarial. . . . We did try to go the voluntary route first and had no response.”

See the full article from “Arizona Republic”

Option 1 would impose the same set of rules on all stores, requiring security cameras and other measures no matter how many times the store has called police. Stores that could prove financial hardship might be given waivers for some requirements.
Option 2 would only lightly regulate stores with few calls to the police. Problem stores would face the heaviest regulation.
Dennis Kavanaugh, Dina Higgins and Scott Somers, who began working on the issue two years ago as members of the council’s public safety committee, favor Option 1. So does Chris Glover, a current member of the public safety committee.
Mayor Scott Smith and Councilmen Dave Richins and Alex Finter support Option 2.
Somers told The Republic that unlike the massage parlor and hotel industries, which cooperated in the formation of recent anti-crime ordinances, convenience stores and their corporate lobbyists “have been very adversarial. . . . We did try to go the voluntary route first and had no response.”

See the full article from “Tucson Citizen”

Option 1 would impose the same set of rules on all stores, requiring security cameras and other measures no matter how many times the store has called police. Stores that could prove financial hardship might be given waivers for some requirements.
Option 2 would only lightly regulate stores with few calls to the police. Problem stores would face the heaviest regulation.
Dennis Kavanaugh, Dina Higgins and Scott Somers, who began working on the issue two years ago as members of the council’s public safety committee, favor Option 1. So does Chris Glover, a current member of the public safety committee.
Mayor Scott Smith and Councilmen Dave Richins and Alex Finter support Option 2.
Somers told The Republic that unlike the massage parlor and hotel industries, which cooperated in the formation of recent anti-crime ordinances, convenience stores and their corporate lobbyists “have been very adversarial. . . . We did try to go the voluntary route first and had no response.”

See the full article from “AZ Central.com”

SE Valley intelligence hub helps piece together crimes
by Nathan Gonzalez – Apr. 20, 2011 12:22 PMThe Arizona Republic
The first officers arrived about 4:20 p.m. to find Xiaohong Fu stabbed numerous times, partly decapitated and her hands and feet bound with plastic ties.
Those near her Taiwan Massage Parlor at 2635 W. Baseline Road, Mesa, on Dec. 7 heard the commotion and told police they saw a man speed off in a white Chevrolet pickup. Inside, Fu’s business office was ransacked and the contents of her purse strewn on a couch with unused plastic ties lying nearby.
As detectives focused on generating and chasing leads, crime analysts and criminal intelligence officers fed what they knew through the East Valley Gang and Information Fusion Center, an intelligence hub staffed by several Southeast Valley police agencies.

See the full article from “Arizona Republic”

MESA, AZ – Mesa council members approved tougher rules for massage parlors as the city cracks down on businesses it says are fronts for prostitution.
The regulations were adopted by the City Council on Monday, a year after the city approved another set of rules that failed to give police enough enforcement tools.
The East Valley Tribune reports Mesa now requires parlor employees to post massage licenses in a prominent area.
Mesa will not give a license to operators or managers who are facing misdemeanor or felony charges in relation to any other massage operations.
The rules also require a manager to be on duty and limit the amount of time an operation can claim to have a temporary manager.

See the full article from “ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)”