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Police in Missouri say teens used Pokemon Go to rob victims

Not to meet a step goal, but in search of Pokemon.

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Wiggins says the gruesome find, however, will not deter her from playing again. He and Ward enjoy the social aspect so much, they joined a Facebook group called “HR Pokemon Trainers” in hopes of doing meet ups in the future.

Officials recommend playing Pokemon GO in daylight hours, avoid risky or remote locations and consider working in pairs or teams when traveling to unknown places.

A newly released mobile game with the name “Pokemon Go” is spurring news more than entertainment as the game keeps the player glued to the handset screen ignoring what is happening around them. “I’m going to try”, she said.

“He got out of the auto and put it into my face, told me to “lose my stuff”, said Howard.

“If you use this app (or other similar type apps) or have children that do, we ask you to please use caution when alerting strangers of your future location”, the police warned.

“Once Pokemon Go has come out, everybody’s talking about it, everyone’s helping each other out, so it’s really nice”.

Around the country, police in Missouri said three men lured players to a remote and robbed them.

Though there have been concerns of the increased pedestrian traffic in the area, there has been no Pokemon Go related accidents so far.

Northbridge Police also said they have received several reports of people walking in the middle of the road while playing the game. “Be cautious and don’t go out into the streets”.

And if you think that the game has taken over your friends’ and even your life since its release last week, you may be right.

The game also has users wandering and meeting up late at night.

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One Pokemon Go player has made a political statement by taking control of the “Westboro Baptist Church gym” in the augmented reality game and placed a Clefairy named “LOVEISLOVE” as its protector.

The Pokemon GO app was used in a robbery in Missouri.                      WMAR