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 before escaping in minutes ...

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.

A term originally associated with fun has turned more menacing.In popular culture, flash mob has also come to be associated with a large outpouring of violence, such as those that have plagued the ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11)—Dancers descended on Times Square on Tuesday to promote the start of a new show that aims to help New Yorkers make the most of the city. The spontaneous music broke out on 43rd ...

Dressed in monochrome black and gray head to toe, they stormed through the doors of the Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga mall Saturday afternoon. More than 30 masked robbers, men and women, flowed ...

With two days until opening, the Trader Joe’s fans aren’t exactly camping outside of Gresham’s new store. But they are ...

UPDATE: The first arrest in the flash mob robbery at the Glendale Americana at Brand Yves Saint Laurent store was released the same day of his arrest. Police detectives arrested 23-year-old Ivan Isaac ...

Students at Portsmouth High School organized flash mob to Taylor Swift's song. — -- Most high school graduates celebrate their commencement by tossing their caps in the air, but at Portsmouth ...

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 ...