Stephon Lewis brought $650 of his own money when he met the UF student hoping to sell his iPhone 4, but Lewis’ friend brought a gun.
Lewis, a 22-year-old UF employee, was contacted a few weeks ago by his lifelong friend Raymond Stephenson about robbing a person on Craigslist of his iPhone, according to a Gainesville Police report.
They responded to the student’s online advertisement and agreed to meet him Sunday at Lexington Crossing Apartments, 3700 SW 27th St.
At 9:40 p.m., Lewis met the student at the basketball courts in the complex. Stephenson and another man walked up to Lewis and the student with handguns and said, “This is a robbery,” according to the report.
The two armed men took the phone and the money and ran away. Lewis told police he was supposed to get his money back from Stephenson later.
Lewis was arrested by 11:40 p.m., and he admitted to police that he had helped plan the robbery. Text messages confirmed he knew guns would be involved. He is charged with armed robbery.
