What did beating on him accomplish for Trey Smith, besides possibly getting himself in trouble.
I was in this exact same predicament in HS. Somebody stole my basketball trunks out of my locker and I was going off hearsay on who took them. I confronted the kid and I made him afraid, but he denied it. I didn't touch him but if he wanted to go, there was an opportunity. Later his friend brought my trunks to me and claimed he was the one and that he thought it would be funny and was always going to give them back.
You don't have to be a tattler or a bully. It was just too much. The kid didn't fight back and he just kept wailing on him. Who knows who really took the headphones, but it's just a material thing. He'll be able to buy lots of headphones as long as he doesn't **** up the good thing he has going.