by Alex Lloyd Gross
Philadelphia Police are looking at videos to identify three black males and two black females, who robbed a center city massage parlor on the 100 block of N.10th Street.
The robbers had guns and forced their way inside before taking cellphones and about $10,000 in cash. They fled in an unknown direction. One female employee sustained cuts and bruises. She was taken by private vehicle to Jefferson Hospital for treatment . She has since been released, police said. This robbery happened at about 4:00 AM, police said.
There was another armed robbery about three hours before, involving three black males, one had a gun. They took a large amount of cash. This business was on the 200 block of North 12th Street. About a month ago, workers in a different massage parlor were raped by a group of males who robbed the business.
Police are working to determine if the two robberies today are related.