A Columbia University student-athlete has been arrested for allegedly throwing an unlit Molotov cocktail from his dorm room, according to police.
Javen Jovero, a 22-year-old senior at the Ivy League college, sparked a panic when he filled a plastic bottle with rubbing alcohol and a sock and hurled it 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.
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Jovero — who wrestled for the Lions, according to the team’s website — was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, police said.
The economics student and Southern California native was later charged with criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment, according to police.
Police have not linked it to the political turmoil that’s gripped the Manhattan school since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
“Public Safety and the NYPD responded immediately to the incident and apprehended an individual believed to be involved,” a university spokesperson told The Post.
“This was an isolated incident with no other individuals involved. A full investigation is underway, and the University’s rules and policies will be applied and enforced.”
