A five-year FBI report shows shoplifting incidents related to flash mob groups are responsible for more than $8 million in ...

Philadelphia Police Department The dramatic video footage often appears on TV news and social media: A large group of people storm into a store, smashing display cases and snatching loose merchandise ...

What started off as another day on the beat for Mall Cop Paul Blart is rapidly escalating into a job better suited for Axel Foley. Flash mob robberies, a worrying retail crime spree across Los Angeles ...

Common police strategy for preventing flash mobs has been tightening of curfews. Aug. 27, 2011— -- When a massive flash mob rampaged outside the Wisconsin State Fair injuring 11 fairgoers on Aug.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Police in the Central Valley are on the lookout for flash mob retail thieves as they gear up to keep shoppers safe this holiday season. The 24th year of Operation Christmas ...

In the wake of multiple flash mob robberies at high-end stores in the Los Angeles area in recent weeks, Mayor Karen Bass and local law enforcement on Thursday announced a regional task force aimed at ...

A task force formed to halt a wave of “flash mob” robberies at high-end stores has arrested 11 more alleged participants in the thefts. The Los Angeles Police Department announced arrests related to ...

A task force dedicated to fighting organized retail crime has tracked down one of the many suspects that hit a Nordstrom during a flash mob robbery last year. The task force, which consists of ...