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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Reviewjournal.com contributed to this story.

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