Police: 4 used dating site to set up robberies
Police in suburban Philadelphia have arrested four people they say used the dating website Lavalife to lure men to a motel room then rob them at gunpoint, the AP reports.
Bensalem police say they learned of the robberies when a man called to complain he’d met a woman online and took her out to dinner then was robbed after she suggested they get a room.
The alleged victim told investigators another man came to the door with a gun and demanded money after the woman sent text messages.
Two men and two women were arrested Saturday after police burst into a room at the Sunrise Inn in Bensalem and found a naked man being held at gunpoint.
Talk about a bad date.
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