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The trouble ‘Pokemon Go’ users have run into so far in the US

There’s a little game called “Pokemon Go” taking over the U.S. right now and it’s actually causing some problems.

Here’s the latest on how the game is affecting smartphone users:

OHIO

Police say two “Pokemon Go” players in Ohio have been arrested for criminal trespassing at the Toledo Zoo.

The two went over a fence near the zoo’s tiger enclosure in search of the smartphone game’s cartoon monsters.

They were spotted on a zoo security camera and were walking through the zoo when they were caught early Thursday.

 

NEW YORK

Long Island police say a 19-year-old man had his smartphone stolen while he was playing “Pokemon Go” on it Wednesday evening.

A car with at least three people pulled up alongside him. One of the passengers told the victim to give him his cellphone. When the victim hesitated, another passenger showed him a gun and demanded the phone. The victim then handed over the phone and took off.

Police are investigating but no arrests have been made.

 

CALIFORNIA

Authorities say two men who were playing “Pokemon Go” fell off an ocean bluff in Southern California.

Encinitas firefighters say the men climbed through a fence Wednesday afternoon while playing the digital-monster cellphone game.

One man fell about 50 feet down the side of the unstable bluff and the other fell about 90 feet to the beach.

They were taken to a hospital with moderate injuries.

 

INDIANA

Authorities arrested an Indiana sex offender after they say a probation officer spotted him playing “Pokemon Go” with a 16-year-old boy on the county courthouse lawn.

The Greenfield Daily Reporter reports that probation officer Nick Layman saw 42-year-old Randy Zuick playing the popular cellphone game with the teen Wednesday. Wayne Addison, the chief probation officer, says a colleague who was with Layman ran into the courthouse to alert a security officer, who took Zuick into custody.

Records show that Zuick pleaded guilty in April to fondling a child under the age of 14 and has been on sex-offender probation, which prohibits the Greenfield man from interacting with children.

A judge will decide whether to revoke his probation.

Greenfield is about 20 miles east of Indianapolis.

 

 

Reviewjournal.com contributed to this story.

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