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Public Safety Notice — Columbus — November 10, 2023
In the early morning hours of Friday, November 10, an incident occurred in the immediate off-campus area classified by Ohio law as assault but classified by the Clery Act as a hate crime motivated by bias against the Jewish community.
At approximately 1:30 a.m., Ohio State students were approached by two unknown male suspects near 1840 N. High Street. According to reports, the suspects yelled a derogatory term and assaulted two students while asking if they were Jewish. One of the two victims was treated at the Wexner Medical Center and released.
The Columbus Division of Police (CPD) is the lead law enforcement agency and is investigating the crime with assistance from The Ohio State University Police Division (OSUPD).
Ohio State will not tolerate violations of the law or university policy, including but is not limited to antisemitism, bigotry, Islamophobia, racism, sexism and violence.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call CPD at 614-645-4545. Anyone with information concerning this crime should contact either the University Police, 614-292-2121 or Columbus Police, 614-645-4545. You may also report information anonymously to the Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS or the University Crime Stoppers Tips line at 614-247-TIPS.
This Public Safety Notice is issued in compliance with the 'Timely Warning' provisions of the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998.
OSU's PSN explicitly distinguishes between Ohio criminal law (assault) and the Clery Act classification (hate crime motivated by bias against the Jewish community) — a careful legal-frame separation rare in campus alerts
The phrase 'including but is not limited to antisemitism, bigotry, Islamophobia, racism, sexism and violence' is OSU's standard hate-crime PSN language and was used identically in 2020 anti-Black incidents (the 'Together as Buckeyes' alerts)
Naming a specific street address — 1840 N. High Street — provides geographic specificity that triangulates the bar's location
OSU's PSN is the formal Clery Timely Warning channel; the closing paragraph cites § 668.46(e) directly
The incident occurred in OSU's immediate Clery 'noncampus' / 'public property' geography on the High Street commercial strip