Teens Beat Up Boy, Steal His Nike Air Force 1 Gym Shoes: Cops

EVERGREEN PARK, IL -- A pair of Evergreen Park teens and a juvenile are accused of beating up another boy and stealing his gym shoes. Calvin Lordo and James Devlin, 18, appeared in court before Cook County Judge Donald Havis on charges of aggravated robbery. The two appeared Wednesday in court for a status hearing.

The three youths confronted the boy in the 9600 block of South Francisco around 4 p.m. March 2, police said. Lordo and Devlin allegedly shoved the boy to the ground where they kicked and punched him. Police said the juvenile acquaintance pointed a pellet gun at the boy, who thought the gun was real. The teens allegedly took the boy’s Nike Air Force 1 gym shoes. The prosecutor said during the teens’ hearing that police found the pellet gun in their car.

Lordo is free on $20,000 bail. Devlin is in being held in Cook County Jail. The assistant public defender said that Devlin is a junior at Evergreen Park Community High School. He told the judge that Devlin’s family cannot afford to bond him out. He asked for a reduction in bond so Devlin could go to school.

“He’s 18, he’s never been trouble and you have him sitting in jail,” the assistant public defender said. “There are no juvenile arrests.”

He wasn’t in school March 1,” Havis said. “That was a Thursday.”

The judge denied the reduction in bail. Lordo and Devlin are due back in court March 29 in Bridgeview.