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 ...

The world’s first flash mob was organized in Manhattan in May 2003 by a man named Bill Wasik. It was a flop because the retail store was tipped off. Wasik organized the second attempt on June 3, 2003.

Several students walking at the intersection of Franklin and Columbia on Saturday stopped in their tracks and stared at the sasquatch playing the saxophone on the street. The sasquatch was leading a ...

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 ...

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.

Flash mob robberies have gotten so out of control in Los Angeles that the LAPD created a new task force solely for taking down individuals involved in organized retail crime. The new team, dubbed the ...

At a little after 5 p.m. Saturday, a small group of people wordlessly took up position around the Boulevard Bear Band display in the Boulevard Mall and dropped to their knees. For three minutes, the ...