Have you been watching the news lately, or more importantly reading between the lines?
DENVER -- Police are trying to identify a gang of men who are beating couples with baseball bats and robbing them in downtown Denver.
CHICAGO—Police here are girding for another weekend of "flash mob" attacks after arresting 29 people in connection with a recent rash of assaults and robberies in and around the city's tony shopping and dining district.
Philiadelphia-- A return trip from last night's fireworks show in Center City turned into the commute from hell for hundreds of Market-Frankford Line riders as a flash mob struck and robbed a passenger at 30th Street Station.
Milwaukee- "Clearly we had mob-like behavior in the incidents involving the robberies at Reservoir Park as well as the ransacking of the BP station. . . . Certainly we had elements of mob-like behavior that challenged us on July 3,"
WOODBRIDGE, Va. - Prince William County Police are on the lookout for a group of muggers that has an appetite for pizza and beating people up. There were two attacks Saturday night in Woodbridge. One victim had to be flown to a hospital.
Las Vegas- In May, 20 teens were caught on camera as they robbed a convenience store and stole about $600 worth of merchandise and the clerk's cellphone. They were in and out in a matter of minutes. "It became a feeding frenzy," store owner Jon Athney told KLAS-TV. "They were in the store for three minutes and 30 seconds. ... It's a pretty scary thing."
Imagine this happening at your house.....
When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.
Are you prepared?