D.C. Council to hear bill targeting flash mobs

A D.C. council committee is scheduled to hear a bill Thursday that would upgrade being in a flash mob to a felony charge.

The bill’s sponsor, Council Chair Phil Mendelson, has previously told The Washington Examiner that the legislation is molded after a similar proposal in Maryland. Mendelson said his bill would allow prosecutors to charge those involved in a flash mob for the “total amount of the theft,” rather than charging each person for their individual offense.