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Another Mugging Increases Skepticism of Wilf Campus Security
Adi Isaacs
Issue date: 2/15/05 Section: News
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Despite promises from administrators to bolster security on the Wilf Campus, another Yeshiva student was mugged during the last week of his fall semester exams, leaving yet another student robbed of personal possessions and an entire student body suspicious of the Department of Safety and Security's reliability.
Outside his apartment at the corner of 185th Street and Audubon Avenue, on Sunday morning, January 11, a Yeshiva student waited for the Super Shuttle Van that was to bring him to the airport that morning. While on the phone confirming the pickup, he saw four men between the ages of 20 and 25 make a right turn from Audubon Avenue onto 185th. The men began talking amongst themselves, in low and rapid Spanish. After a moment, one of the men approached him and whispered "let me see your phone." The student proceeded to ignore the strange request.
The four men then surrounded him while the leader of the clan repeated "you don't understand, let me see your phone." One of them then took the phone as another smirked "you know you just lost your phone, right?" The group turned and started to walk away, when suddenly the head assailant turned around, and motioned with his jacket as if he was carrying a gun. In trepidation, the student braced himself to run. The leader of the clan warned "if you run it will be worse for you."
Ignoring the threat, the student dashed to the security booth across the street, outside Parking Lot B adjacent to Furst Hall. Yet to his dismay, no guard was manning the booth. The student spotted a guard farther down 185th Street opening Parking Lot A directly across from Furst Hall. He ran and yelled to the guard to call for help.
Getting the guard's attention after yelling repeatedly, the student tried to explain that he was mugged, but the only response he received from the guard was "calm down." The student grabbed the guard's walkie-talkie and called for backup himself. There was no response either.
Outside his apartment at the corner of 185th Street and Audubon Avenue, on Sunday morning, January 11, a Yeshiva student waited for the Super Shuttle Van that was to bring him to the airport that morning. While on the phone confirming the pickup, he saw four men between the ages of 20 and 25 make a right turn from Audubon Avenue onto 185th. The men began talking amongst themselves, in low and rapid Spanish. After a moment, one of the men approached him and whispered "let me see your phone." The student proceeded to ignore the strange request.
The four men then surrounded him while the leader of the clan repeated "you don't understand, let me see your phone." One of them then took the phone as another smirked "you know you just lost your phone, right?" The group turned and started to walk away, when suddenly the head assailant turned around, and motioned with his jacket as if he was carrying a gun. In trepidation, the student braced himself to run. The leader of the clan warned "if you run it will be worse for you."
Ignoring the threat, the student dashed to the security booth across the street, outside Parking Lot B adjacent to Furst Hall. Yet to his dismay, no guard was manning the booth. The student spotted a guard farther down 185th Street opening Parking Lot A directly across from Furst Hall. He ran and yelled to the guard to call for help.
Getting the guard's attention after yelling repeatedly, the student tried to explain that he was mugged, but the only response he received from the guard was "calm down." The student grabbed the guard's walkie-talkie and called for backup himself. There was no response either.