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'Flash robs' hit downtown Minneapolis
KARE 11
9:17 AM, Mar 28, 2012

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MINNEAPOLIS - There is a criminal twist on something that started out as fun. We've heard of flash mobs. Now, flash 'robs' are popping up in Minneapolis frustrating authorities and frightening victims.

And there is a big difference.

The flash mob - people getting together for a spontaneous dance.

Flash rob - people getting together to attack.

Police say there have been six of these cases since February, most in and around the Nicollet Mall area.

It starts as a big group of people. Then, a smaller group splinters off and spontaneously robs or chases or assaults an innocent passerby.

It happened again on March 23 at 6th Street and Nicollet Avenue. Police say a group of people standing at the bus stop spontaneously attacked two cyclists. One victim suffered a broken jaw. The group then continued down Nicollet, causing commotion outside the Oceanaire restaurant.

And then it was done.

Twenty-year-old Antonio Dewayne Jones has been charged in the case along with several juveniles.

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"It's just mainly to create mayhem, assault people and just whatever they can do," said Sgt. Steve McCarty with the Minneapolis Police Department. "It's a weird mentality I don't think a lot of people can fathom or understand. Just to victimize people."

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And it's happened in St. Paul, too. In the last two years, mobs have robbed two convenience stores in St. Paul.

Remainder of article @ http://www.kare11.com/news/article/969867/14/Flash-robs-hit-downtown-Minneapolis




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