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 ...

Those incidents added up to about $8.37 million in stolen merchandise and roughly $51,000 in property damage, along with more than 3,600 arrests over the five-year span. The FBI reports that flash-mob ...

A Los Angeles Nordstrom store was ransacked by a mob of more than 30 people on Saturday, with the suspects getting away with nearly $100,000 worth of handbags and clothes. The Los Angeles Police ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Police in Glendale announced their first arrest in a smash-and-grab burglary at a popular shopping center that was caught on video. Ivan Isaac Ramirez, a 23-year-old from Los ...

Improv Everywhere is a New York-based comedy troupe known for its unexpected flash mobs. For its latest mission, the group created the “most socially distanced office” … in the middle of the East ...

A suburb outside Chicago has canceled its annual carnival after a large group of teens disrupted the event, authorities said. The four-day carnival in Posen had been held at Commissioners Park on West ...

Officials in Jersey Shore towns say they are not equipped to deter minors from organizing in large groups that often lead to chaos. (Lori M. Nichols for New Jersey Monitor) Lawmakers looking to crack ...

The 11th annual Flash Mob Balloon Glow in Longview featured 11 hot air balloons on static display. The balloons were fully inflated and occasionally lit up as their burners kicked on. The annual event ...

Over the weekend, a Nordstrom in a Los Angeles mall was a repeat target for a "flash mob" robbery. Up to $100,000 of merchandise was stolen, days after a similar robbery in the Los Angeles area. In ...