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Flash mob invades Illinois clothing store

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    Thieves steal $3,000 in designer jeans

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A wicker park clothing store owner is using social media to fight back against a flash mob.

He says stole 3000.

Dollars worth of designer denim.

Came through marching in and basically.

-- that.

The place.

Out of frustration -- -- hosted the flash mob style takeover on YouTube hoping to help police catch the criminal.

You can see the group temple trading distort -- -- -- coordinated fashion.

It happened Saturday night just steps away from the main attraction at wicker park best not everyone you see on video is related to the crime.

-- just be much added that this mine and I feel like I need to let it.

Joseph says since opening six months ago he's encountered a dozen shoplifting incidents but nothing like a business.

The teens wearing white T shirts tank tops and baseball caps are seen gathering jeans and stuffing them into book bags.

Yeah I kind of knew what they wanted to -- So we -- very obviously it was they are very quickly overwhelmed.

The mob style robbery happened as -- one of the with the park plaza is coming to a close so says maintaining security at the festival is a challenge.

And it's had -- -- Iraqi agrees.

You know I don't think today.

Experienced people are -- -- security but I am great thank you Kevin Richardson has volunteered at the street sense two years in a -- and says the store robbery isn't isolated incidents.

Never had problems all over this city went last mile zone.

I don't think you can blame at the time and evening.

Pertaining to the classical.

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