Teenagers turned in by parents after string of flash mob robberies at 7-Eleven stores in LA

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Teenagers who carried out flash mob robberies at a string of 7-Eleven convenience stores in Los Angeles were turned in to police after their parents spotted them on surveillance video. open image in gallery Pictured: LA teens raid 7-Eleven stores leaving damaged and wrecked shop isles One of the teens has been booked for robbery, Assistant Chief Blake Chow revealed during Tuesday’s L.A. Board of Police Commissioners meeting. They’re vandalizing it.” open image in gallery Three parents of the juveniles have come forward to identify their children after police released video footage “We don’t want to instill fear in juveniles and youths but we want them to understand that there are consequences”, Arnold told Fox11LA. Typically, the suspects – described as “youthful males, possibly teens varying in ethnicity and physical descriptors” – would descend on the stores en masse barging past people in the store “with no regard for others’ safety”, police said.