Suspected flash mob rips off Upper Darby Sears

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[traumer]

UPPER DARBY — A mob of about 40 people stormed into the Sears department store on 69th Street Thursday, and in a flash stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, officials said.

Police were able to round up 15 juveniles and one adult, 19, all from West Philadelphia.

“They came in on the El train and hit Sears,” police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. “They stole sneakers, socks, watches, whatever they could get their hands on, and left.

“Imagine the guts of this gang of young hoodlums. One was 11 years old. The others arrested ranged from 12 to 16 years old. They planned this out earlier in the day on a social networking site. It was pre-planned. They got on the El, got off at 69th Street Terminal and walked up the hill to Sears.”

Kyree Marsh, 19, of the 5500 block of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, was arrested and charged with retail theft, conspiracy to retail theft and corruption of minors.

Police recovered some of the stolen sneakers and socks that were in the backpack of one of the individuals arrested and in the pockets of others taken into custody.

According to the affidavit, the Sears loss-prevention officer saw the mob enter the store at 7:09 p.m. on Thursday.

The group then began taking merchandise off the shelves.

[mware]

From what I understand, after the video was shown on television, the guardians of many of the minors turned them in.

They better make some kind of example or Nutter is going to have this happen all summer.

[mware]

Want to bet that these flash mobs will show up at voting sites on election day of 2012.

Holder of course will do nothing because they are "HIS people."

[Albion Wilde]

It will solve the problem on its own, when businesses stop setting up shop within easy access of black neighbourhoods.

That Sears has been there easily 50 years, probably longer -- since back when the neighborhood was solid white working class Irish, Italians and Greeks.

[Albion Wilde]

...my learning disabled child....threw soda all over my kitchen floor in a rage. So I... put a rag in her hand, and... we scrubbed that floor for about half an hour, she was probably 6 at the time. When we finished, she never did anything like that again.

Provided it is done matter-of-factly or even with humor and affection, that is absolutely brilliant. Great job, mom!

[MsLady]

Yep, matter of factly with as little as possible communication other then letting her know why we were doing it.