Assault, robbery in Niles

NILES

A Niles man reported being robbed in an alley near Lincoln Avenue at 8:13 p.m. Tuesday.

The victim said a white man wearing black pants and a black hooded sweatshirt with a white scarf or bandanna over his mouth walked up to him from behind and punched him in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground.

The suspect got on top of the victim and said, “Give me everything you have on you.” The victim told police the suspect reached in the victim’s pocket and took an iPod, then ran off toward Robbins Avenue.