Man charged with robbing man, woman in Evanston, Illinois
EVANSTON , Ill. -- A man has been arrested and charged with robbing a man and woman near the lakefront in Evanston this week.At 9 p.m. this past Monday, the man and woman were in the area of Michigan Avenue and Kedzie Street—a residential neighborhood located a block south of busy Main Street and a block west of Sheridan Road and the lakefront.A man came up and handed the man and woman a note demanding their wallets and cellphones, Evanston police said.
Tuesday, Evanston police officers were patrolling in the 600 block of Oakton Street, a few blocks south and west of the original robbery scene, when they found a man trying to open car doors, police said.Officers tried to stop the suspect, but he ran off, police said. Officers caught up to him and apprehended him after a short struggle, police said.The suspect—Kyle Knight, 24—was found in possession of a loaded 9mm Bryco handgun and the items he had taken in the robbery, police said.
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