SPM caught up with Brandon Komar, a Russian and business management junior at ASU, and Jeff Moriarty, an alum and member of Improv Arizona (improvaz.com), on how to organize a well-executed flash mob.

When brazen groups of thieves in all-black clothes and hoodies sprinted into the Nordstrom at the Topanga Mall, the Yves Saint Laurent store at the Americana on Brand in Glendale and a pop-up Gucci ...

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.

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 ...

CENTURY CITY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Several recent flash mob robberies have local high-end stores on alert. Dozens of masked suspects have run out of stores in Century City, Canoga Park, Glendale and ...

A surge in smash-and-grab “flash mob” robberies at luxury stores has police and retailers struggling with how to crack down on the crimes. Such thefts continued in Los Angeles as organized groups ...