Police: Party Bus Flash Mob Robs 7-Eleven on PCH

HUNTINGTON BEACH (CNS) - A party bus “flash mob” robbed and assaulted a 7-Eleven convenience store clerk late Saturday night, Huntington Beach Police allege.

In what police say was "like a flash mob deal," 30 people from a party bus containing 80 people made their way into a 7- Eleven in Huntington Beach to snatch items from the convenience store and assault the clerk who tried to stop them.

“They just pushed and shoved him (the clerk) around, as he was trying to stop them from stealing items from the store," said Officer Jennifer Marlatt of the Huntington Beach Police Department.

The incident occurred at about 11 p.m. when the bus pulled up to the store at 706 Pacific Coast Highway Saturday. A large group went inside and began stealing items while others began to assault the clerk, Marlatt said.

After that, the entire mob hopped back aboard the party bus and headed north on Pacific Coast Highway, where police stopped the bus a short distance later.

Several police departments were called in to help control the crowd when the bus was pulled over. Two men were arrested on suspicion of robbery and conspiracy, and police recovered seven loaded handguns aboard the bus, Marlatt said.

The two suspects were later identified as Isiah Bryant of Los Angeles, 21, and Wynzel Worthan of Compton, 18.

All other bus occupants were interviewed and released, but the investigation is ongoing.

City News Service contributed to this report.