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Police investigating string of burglaries and robberies in Peoria; no suspects in custody

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Updated  September 5, 2024 5:59pm MST
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 10 Phoenix

Peoria massage parlors targeted in robberies: PD

During the overnight hours, four massage parlors in Peoria were targeted by a criminal. Two of the cases are considered to be burglaries, while the other two are considered to be robberies. FOX 10's Brian Webb has more.

PEORIA, Ariz. - Police are investigating a string of burglaries and robberies at massage parlors in Peoria.

Peoria Police say the crimes happened overnight from 11 p.m. on Wednesday to after 3 a.m. on Sept. 5. The first site is located in the area of 83rd Avenue and Cactus.

"It’s always been just a quiet place," said a worker, identified only as Shiloh. "The owner comes out every once in a while. The owner says hi. She’s very, very nice. Maybe they have a thing for those types of places."

According to police, a worker at a nearby business noticed what was happening, and called 911.

By the second incident, police stated to notice a pattern, but could never get ahead of the suspect. In all, four massage parlors were hit in a four-hour span.

According to police, the suspect used suction cups to grab ahold of the window, and pull it off to make his way in.

No one was hurt, and investigators believed a single suspect committed the crimes.

"We can say all of these are tied together, so our detectives are working at all the scenes fluently and trying to collect much information as they can," Officer Kris Babros said. "We have forensic techs that are coming out that are gonna collect fingerprints, DNA and all of that."

Two of the incidents are considered to be robberies because employees were inside at the time of the crime. The other two incidents were burglaries because no one was inside.

No arrests have been made and there is no description of the suspect.

"That is surprising, honestly, that people just keep trying to take shortcuts in life," said a person who lives near one of the crime scenes, identified only as Emmanuel. "You know, instead of just working hard, trying to achieve American Dream, people just try to cause problems with everybody else."

Police are investigating a string of burglaries and robberies that happened between 75th and 91st Avenues, from Thunderbird Road to Olive Avenue.

Map of where the burglaries happened