Columbia student arrested for allegedly throwing unlit Molotov cocktail from dorm window
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A Columbia University student-athlete has been arrested for allegedly throwing an unlit Molotov cocktail from his dorm room, according to police.

A 22-year-old senior at an Ivy League college, Javen Jovero caused alarm by throwing a plastic bottle filled with rubbing alcohol and a sock from a dormitory on the school’s East Campus on Monday night.

While no one was injured as the makeshift firebomb wasn’t lit, police received multiple 911 calls from worried students around 8:30 p.m.


The front steps and Alma Mater statue in front of the Low Library Building at Columbia University in Manhattan
The front steps and Alma Mater statue in front of the Low Library Building at Columbia University in Manhattan. Spiroview Inc. – stock.adobe.com

Jovero, who was a wrestler for the Lions as mentioned on the team’s website, was subsequently transported to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital for a psychiatric assessment, as confirmed by the authorities.

Originally from southern California, the student specializing in electrical engineering was arrested on charges of criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment after the incident, according to the police.

Police have not linked it to the political turmoil that’s gripped the Manhattan school since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

The Post has reached out to Columbia for comment.

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