Teens Accused Of Robbing Northwestern Law Student Near Magnificent Mile

CHICAGO, IL — An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged Saturday in connection with a pair of robberies along the Magnificent Mile, including one that involved a Northwestern law student, according to Chicago police. A 14-year-old girl also has been charged in the robbery of the student, which police originally said involved four or five suspects.

Rashawn Duniver, 18, of the 8100 block of South Maryland Avenue, was charged Thursday with two counts of felony robbery stemming from the incidents, which both occurred Oct. 8. The girl faces a single felony robbery charge. Duniver was ordered held on $40,000 bond Saturday, and his next court date is Oct. 19.

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The first robbery happened around 8:01 p.m. Oct. 8 in the 700 block of North Fairbanks Court, according to police. Duniver allegedly walked up to a 22-year-old man on the sidewalk and punched him to the face, knocking him to the ground, police said. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for Chicago — or your neighborhood. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

Duniver is accused of repeatedly hitting the victim until he surrendered his cellphone password and his laptop, police said. The 14-year-old girl also was allegedly a part of this robbery, according to police.

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A crime alert sent out by Northwestern following the robbery said five suspects were involved in the incident. Chicago police then released a surveillance photo of four suspects — three males and a female — in the robbery.

Nearly 30 minutes later, Duniver allegedly committed the second robbery, this time at around 8:30 p.m. in the 800 block of North Dearborn Street, police said. Similar to the first incident, Duniver allegedly approached his victim — a 25-year-old man — and began beating him until he gave up his cellphone password, according to police.

Duniver then allegedly fled the scene with the victim's cellphone and credit cards, police said. The teenage girl was not reported to be involved with this robbery.

Prosecutors at Saturday's bail hearing said Duniver was arrested after his mother saw his photo on TV and turned him in to police, the Chicago Tribune reports. He also was identified by the victims in both robberies, according to police, who arrested Duniver at around 4:06 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14.

The girl was arrested following her identification by the victim in the first robbery, police said.

Rashawn Duniver, 18 (Photo via the Chicago Police Department)

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