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Man with hammer 'robbed day spa in New York'
POSTED 01 Sep 2014 . BY Helen Andrews
A hammer was used during the robbery to threaten an employee at the day spa Credit: Shutterstock / Guzel Studio
Police are searching for three men who allegedly held up a day spa on Staten
Island, New York and threatened an employee with a hammer.

At approximately 6:20pm on August 26, three suspects walked into the New Royal Spa, one of whom threatened an employee before making off with US$600 (€460, £360), according to police.

A Staten Island advance report notes that the same spa was robbed at knifepoint twice in five days last year, CBS News reports. Thirty-six year-old Steven Huscha was charged in both those cases.

The police have released surveillance video of the suspects in the day spa and urged anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers.
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NEWS
Man with hammer 'robbed day spa in New York'
POSTED 01 Sep 2014 . BY Helen Andrews
A hammer was used during the robbery to threaten an employee at the day spa Credit: Shutterstock / Guzel Studio
Police are searching for three men who allegedly held up a day spa on Staten
Island, New York and threatened an employee with a hammer.

At approximately 6:20pm on August 26, three suspects walked into the New Royal Spa, one of whom threatened an employee before making off with US$600 (€460, £360), according to police.

A Staten Island advance report notes that the same spa was robbed at knifepoint twice in five days last year, CBS News reports. Thirty-six year-old Steven Huscha was charged in both those cases.

The police have released surveillance video of the suspects in the day spa and urged anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers.
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Spa owner charged with prostitution after fondling undercover police agent


The owner of a spa in a suburb of Los Angeles, California, has been charged with prostitution after allegedly touching an undercover, and undressed, police officer on 4 June.
Female-only spa owner jailed for attempting to bribe inspector to overlook men's treatments


A businesswoman has been jailed for six months for offering a bribe to an inspector because she didn’t want him to report she was still offering massages to men at her women-only spa in the Persian Gulf – despite having previously received a ban due to the practice.
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