Boston Police said today they are dealing with at least one gang of young men who like to roam downtown when the bars let out, searching for people standing alone with phones they can grab.

Officers told the Boston Licensing Board today there have been several such incidents over the past couple of months.

They were testifying in the case of a man who got kicked out of Coogan's Bluff, 171 Milk St. around 1:30 a.m. on July 7, went around the corner and then got surrounded by several men who took his iPhone.

Police testified the man got kicked out of the bar because he was "frisking or patting down" other patrons - all of them women..