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* '''6-7 AM''': Police enter the [[Intercultural House]], the [[Alpha Epsilon Psi]] house, the [[Psi Upsilon]] house, the [[Pi Kappa Alpha]] house, and [[East Campus]] with arrest warrants, arrest students.
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* '''6-7 AM''': Police enter the [[Intercultural House]], the [[Alpha Epsilon Pi]] house, the [[Psi Upsilon]] house, the [[Pi Kappa Alpha]] house, and [[East Campus]] with arrest warrants, arrest students.
 
* '''1 PM''': Posters for a Theta/Pike event around campus are taken down
 
* '''1 PM''': Posters for a Theta/Pike event around campus are taken down
 
* '''~5 PM''': All five students plead not guilty at Manhattan Criminal Court
 
* '''~5 PM''': All five students plead not guilty at Manhattan Criminal Court

Revision as of 22:35, 9 December 2010

Operation Ivy League was the name of an NYPD operation resulting in an early morning raid on Frat Row on December 7, 2010. It netted eleven arrests, five of which were Columbia students who were part of an alleged drug ring operating out of Columbia fraternities.

Charges

The five Columbians charged are:

Defendant Charges
Chris Coles
 * Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance (CSCS) 5th – 2 cts.
 * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 1st – 1 ct.
 * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 3rd – 4 cts.
 * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 4th – 1 ct.
 * Criminal Nuisance 2nd – 1 ct.
Harrison David
 * CSCS 2nd – 1 ct
 * CSCS 3rd – 1 ct
 * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 3rd – 6 cts.
 * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 4th – 2 cts.
 * Criminal Nuisance 1st – 1 ct.
 * Criminal Nuisance 2nd – 1 ct.
Adam Klein
 * CSCS 5th – 2 cts.
 * Criminal Nuisance 2nd – 1 ct.
Jose Stephan Perez
 * CSCS 5th – 4 cts.
 * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 3rd – 1 ct.
 * Criminal Nuisance 2nd – 1 ct.
Michael Wymbs
 * CSCS 5th – 6 cts.
 * Criminal Nuisance 2nd – 1 ct.

Timeline

August

  • NYPD undercover operations on campus begin.

7 December

  • 6-7 AM: Police enter the Intercultural House, the Alpha Epsilon Pi house, the Psi Upsilon house, the Pi Kappa Alpha house, and East Campus with arrest warrants, arrest students.
  • 1 PM: Posters for a Theta/Pike event around campus are taken down
  • ~5 PM: All five students plead not guilty at Manhattan Criminal Court
  • Evening: Wymbs' parents post bail
  • Trial date of 18 January 2011 announced

8 December

  • Wymbs is discharged
  • Klein's parents post bail; Klein's court date is moved to 9 December 2010
  • ~10 PM: The three fraternities involved are placed on interim suspension

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