Crime & Safety
Man Charged After Evanston Man Robbed on Red Line
The victim offered the alleged robbers $30 to get his iPod back, and said they then stole the money as well.
A 35-year-old man from Evanston was robbed of an iPod and $30 on the L earlier this summer, and one 18-year-old from Chicago has now been charged in connection with the robbery.
The Chicago Tribune reports that the man was robbed on the Red Line near the Clark/Division stop, and tried to negotiate with the four men who robbed him by offering them $30 for the iPod.
"But when he pulled the money out his wallet, one of the men punched him in the head and fled with the money," the Tribune reported.
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Kenneth Parron, 18, of Chicago, has been charged with two counts of robbery in connection with that and another alleged mugging on the train.
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