Montgomery County officials say the jump in pack robberies — roaming gangs of youths ripping off people’s wallets and cell phones at gunpoint — along with a rise in other violent crimes, has caused the jail population to boom.

Since April, the county’s inmate population has skyrocketed back to a historical peak set in summer 2006.

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