Men attempt to rob female student walking on Chicago campus
A female Northwestern student was the victim of an attempted robbery Sunday night in the 300 block of East Chicago Avenue in Chicago, University Police said in a news release.
The student was waiting to cross the street around 8:30 p.m. when she was approached by a man who pushed her backwards. The man demanded her money and cell phone. As she was giving him her belongings, a second man who had been walking in front of her stopped, turned around and stood in front of her, police said.
As the second man walked towards the student, two joggers approached and the two men fled the area.
The student was not injured and no weapons were displayed.
Man arrested twice in 24 hours
Police arrested a man twice in 24 hours, once for assault at the Central Street CTA station, 1024 Central St., and once for trespassing at Evanston Hospital, 2650 Ridge Ave., Evanston Police Cmdr. Tom Guenther said.
Tyrone Smith Jr., of 826 E. 90th St. in Wilmette, was harassing customers at the Central Street CTA station around 9:30 p.m. Thursday. After a station attendant denied him passage onto the Purple Line, Smith began yelling at the woman and threatening to kill her. Police later arrived and arrested Smith for assault. Smith was released from jail early Friday morning, police said.
On Friday at 8:17 p.m., Smith was arrested again at Evanston Hospital and charged with trespassing.
Court dates are set for May 17 and June 1 for the assault and trespassing charges, respectively.
Suspicious man evades UP in Tech
Police responded to Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road, Friday morning after receiving a report of a suspicious person in the building, University Police Deputy Chief Dan McAleer said.
A staff member arrived for work around 8:15 a.m. and turned on the overhead light in her lab area. Once the light was on, she observed a man standing in the room several feet away from her. The subject did not talk to her, and the woman ran out of the room and called police, McAleer said.
The woman told police that she had previously seen the man and believed that he had been contracted to paint the building earlier this year. After canvassing the area, police were unable to find the subject.
