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February 20, 2020
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Plaaaaaay ball! Spring Training is back BY TOM SCANLON
Peoria Times Managing Editor
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Mike and Debbie Christian have been coming to Spring Training since they landed in Peoria a few years back. “It’s a hoot,” Debbie Christian said, of spring ball. “Baseball in its purest form,” Mike Christian added. “You’re not sitting in a 50,000-seat stadium.” They wandered over to the Peoria Sports Complex last week and bought tickets for an upcoming game, planning to see the Milwaukee Brewers play. After walking about 100 yards from the SEE SPRING TRAINNING PAGE 2
Spring Training is great family time. The James gang, left, Alex, 14, William, 12, Gary, 43, Nicole, 46, and Tracy Grady, 47, hit the gift shop to get ready for spring ball at Peoria Sports Complex. (Peoria Times photo by Tom Scanlon)
Arrest for video, child pornography BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF
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Robert Miller, a Peoria massage therapist, was arrested for child pornography and other charges. He is accused of surreptitiously video taping massages he gave, using a hidden camera that plugs into an outlet. (Photo courtesy Peoria Police Department)
An alleged hidden camera led police on an investigation that resulted in a child pornography arrest. Brandon Sheffert of the Peoria Police Department said the investigation of Robert Miller, a massage therapist, began on Feb. 10. “An extremely aware customer noticed an odd item plugged into an outlet in the massage room, discovered it was a hidden video camera, and police were contacted,” said Sheffert. He said Miller, 52, works as a massage therapist with New Serenity Massage / Pain Management Arizona. Miller provided massages at a Phoenix office as well as in Peoria. The address of the Peoria New
Serenity Massage is 13460 N 94th Drive. “It appears Miller was recording customers before, during and after massages he performed. Miller’s behavior would have not surfaced if it was not for the victim coming forward,” said Sheffert. Miller was arrested Feb. 12 at his home in Phoenix after a search warrant was served on his residence. “During the search, detectives located hundreds of images of child pornography, sex toys that resemble children and videos of customers during their massages,” said Sheffert. Miller was processed at the Peoria Police Department and was booked into the 4th Avenue Jail. SEE PORNOGRAPHY PAGE 3
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