Crime & Safety

Man Points Gun in Armed Robbery

This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Police say a man pointed a gun at another man and demanded his valuables during an armed robbery Thursday afternoon.

The victim was standing on a porch in the 1400 block of Darrow Avenue at 4:20 p.m. on Valentine’s Day when the offender demanded that he hand over his property, according to police.

The robber stole cash and an Apple cell phone with a cracked screen, police said.

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