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3:10 PM on College Street: Yale Staff Robbed of Laptop by Group of Teens, Suspects Apprehended Near 333 Cedar Street

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On February 7, 2024, at approximately 3:10 PM, a Yale staff member was leaving a building at 135 College Street in downtown New Haven when they were assaulted by a group of unidentified teenagers who stole the staff member's laptop before fleeing toward Cedar Street. No weapons were displayed. Several suspects were apprehended shortly thereafter near 333 Cedar Street and the stolen property was recovered. Yale Police issued a timely warning, and the incident foreshadowed a record year for safety alerts at Yale.

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INITIAL ALERTEmail
TIMELY WARNING - ROBBERY: On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at approximately 3:10 PM, a Yale staff member was leaving a building at 135 College Street when the staff member was assaulted by a group of unidentified teenagers, who stole the staff member's laptop and fled toward Cedar Street. No weapons were displayed. Yale Police, with assistance from the New Haven Police Department, apprehended several individuals believed to be involved near 333 Cedar Street and recovered the stolen property. The staff member was being evaluated for potential injuries. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Yale Police Department at 203-432-4400.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Reconstructed from the Yale timely warning archive page and NBC Connecticut/WFSB reporting; the robbery occurred in broad daylight at 3:10 PM EST on February 7, 2024
135 College Street is located in downtown New Haven, near the main Yale campus and several academic buildings
Suspects were apprehended near 333 Cedar Street, on the Yale School of Medicine campus, shortly after fleeing the scene
No weapons were displayed during the robbery despite the assault element
This was the first robbery-related timely warning of a year that would see a record number of safety alerts from Yale
Context

Background

On February 7, 2024, at 3:10 PM, a Yale staff member was robbed of a laptop at 135 College Street in downtown New Haven, near the main Yale University campus, by a group of unidentified teenagers who fled toward Cedar Street. Yale Police, with New Haven Police Department assistance, apprehended several individuals near 333 Cedar Street shortly afterward and recovered the stolen property. Yale Police issued a timely warning to the university community. The incident was the first robbery-related timely warning in what would become a record year for safety alerts at Yale. The Yale Daily News later reported that 37% of all Public Safety warning emails between 2021 and 2024 were sent in 2024, compared to 34% in 2023, 18% in 2022, and 11% in 2021. Of the warnings issued, 37% concerned robberies, 34% armed robberies, and 24% attempted robberies. In response to the rising trend, Yale Public Safety expanded its campus presence in October 2024, deploying additional patrol units in the downtown and Prospect Street areas.
Analysis

Key Findings

The robbery occurred at 3:10 PM in broad daylight on a major street near campus, an unusually bold time and location
Several suspects were apprehended near 333 Cedar Street shortly after the robbery, and the stolen laptop was recovered
This was the opening incident in what would become a record year for Yale safety alerts, with 2024 accounting for 37% of all warnings issued between 2021 and 2024
The escalation of robbery-related warnings throughout 2024 led to a significant expansion of Yale Public Safety's campus presence
Outcome
Several suspects were apprehended near 333 Cedar Street shortly after the robbery and the stolen laptop was recovered. The Yale staff member was evaluated for potential injuries. No weapons were displayed. The incident was the first in a pattern of robbery-related timely warnings throughout 2024.
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