A 35-year-old Evanston man tried to negotiate with a group of four men who stole his iPod while on a Red Line train, and was robbed of another $30 for his trouble, prosecutors said Sunday.



Kenneth Parron, 18, has been charged wtih two counts of robbery in connection with two alleged muggings on the CTA's Red Line. He appeared in bond court Sunday morning, where he was ordered held in lieu of $80,000 bail.



The man reported a group of four or five men took his iPod on June 9 while he was on the Red Line near the Clark/Division stop, prosecutors said. The man followed them onto the platform and offered them $30 if they would give the iPod back, but when he pulled the money out his wallet, one of the men punched him in the head and fled with the money. Chicago Transit Authority surveillance video shows the man chasing his assailants around the platform.



Some two months later, a CTA employee who had seen pictures of the alleged muggers, reported spotting one of the men, Parron, in a donut shop near the Belmont Red Line station Saturday.



Parron, 18, of the 6500 block of South Oakley Avenue, allegedly told police he had been one of the men's attackers. He also had a stolen cell phone with him that belonged to a man who also had been mugged near the Chicago Avenue Red Line stop.



Parron, who had a listed alias of "PP Man," has been charged with two counts of robbery.



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