social media threats and arrests involving people in creepy clown costumes. People dressed as creepy during the Halloween season have startled adults and children and prompted calls to police.

We are free to wear our clown masks out in public without getting arrested ... "We are warning teens and young adults not to get involved in this fad, of dressing up as clowns to cause fear." ...

"We are warning teens and young adults not to get involved in this ... for chasing children while in clown masks. The 17-year-old and 18-year-old males created Facebook accounts under the names ...

both in stores and online," Joshua Thomas, a spokesperson for Target, said in an email. Goofy adult clown costumes and children's costumes were still available online Monday afternoon.

Target is pulling all of its clown masks in stores nationwide and on its online site "out of sensitivity for the issue at hand," a spokesman said Sunday. The "issue at hand" is the "crazy clown ...