LAPD searching for up to 20 suspects linked to 'flash robberies'

Security footage shows suspects who police say are linked to several “flash robberies” at stores in the LAPD’s Hollenbeck and Newton divisions. Authorities are looking for a group of up to 20 people suspected of committing a string of what Los Angeles police are calling “flash robberies,” during which a large group descends on a store, steals merchandise, then runs out. The robberies have occurred mostly in the evening at stores within a few miles of one another, near the Boyle Heights, Fashion District and South Park neighborhoods, according to...