Man robbed of iPod, bookbag by armed assailant

A Bloomington man was allegedly robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning at the intersection of Second Street and Eastside Drive.\nAccording to police reports, the 19 year-old victim was walking home from Starbucks when he was approached by a man he didn't know.\nThe man, in his early 20s and sporting a goatee, asked him if he "knew where he could score some weed," Sergeant David Drake said, reading from the report.\nAfter the victim said no, the man pulled a silver-colored semi-automatic hand gun out of the puffy black jacket he was wearing and demanded money. The victim only had $1 in his possession, so the man took his iPod and bookbag as well.\nThe backpack, a brown and tan Element, contained two books, "The Rain Gods" and "Remembering How to Say Mouth or Face."\nAfter taking the victim's belongings, a white, newer sedan pulled up, and the man jumped into it, driving away.\nThe suspect is described as a 5-foot-10-inch white male, last seen wearing a large puffy black jacket.\nThe case is still under investigation. Anyone with information on this or other crimes can contact BPD at 812-339-4477.\nTwo teens suspended after bus stop brawl\nTwo 16 year-old girls have been suspended from school after an argument Wednesday morning at the bus stop got out of hand.\nStudents were waiting at the bus stop, located at Westwood Drive and Belle Avenue, at about 7:15 a.m., when one girl alleges the other yelled at her and slapped her on the side of the head, knocking off her sunglasses, according to police reports.\nThe first girl was on her cellular phone when the second yelled at her to "shut up" and get off of it. When the victim refused, she was slapped. \nThe first girl's father, who reported the incident at about 5 p.m. yesterday, reported a different version of events from the second girl's mother. According to the second girl, there was an altercation, but she only hit the victim after being slapped herself. \nThe victim was allegedly calling the girl names, and after approaching her and saying, "Why don't you say that to my face?" she was hit by the victim.\nThe two teenagers have a long history of disliking each other, the police report said.