A high school student was threatened and robbed by a group of teenagers while walking home Tuesday, said Sergeant Tom Guenther of the Evanston Police Department.
Three teenagers approached the Evanston Township High School student on the north alley of the 1500 block of Dempster Street, Guenther said. One of them said, “Give me your iPod or get beat up.” The other demanded the student’s money, while the third remained silent.
The student gave the teenagers his Apple iPod and $8, Guenther said. As the student walked out of the alley, he met “Jim,” an acquaintance, and told him about the incident. “Jim” tracked down the teens and retrieved the iPod before police arrived.
Police searched for the teens but did not find them and did not retrieve the victim’s money, Guenther said.