{
  "id": "2024-11-21-columbia-university-110-morningside-package-burglary",
  "slug": "columbia-university-110-morningside-package-burglary-2024-11-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alert",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-11-21",
    "type": "burglary",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Package burglary at 110 Morningside Drive",
    "headlinePublic": "Package burglary at 110 Morningside Drive",
    "summary": "Columbia Public Safety [issued a Clery Crime Alert](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W30_Clery_Burglary_110MSD_2024-11-21.pdf) dated 2024-11-21 concerning this incident. Full flyer text is preserved from the official PDF.",
    "outcome": "See official Clery Crime Alert for investigation status and harm-reduction tips."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "timestampApprox": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Crime Alert dated 2024-11-21",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nBurglary\nOn Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. a burglary occurred at 110 Morningside Drive, at the Morningside\nCampus.\nA video review shows an individual entering the building by “piggybacking” behind a tenant. Once inside, the\nindividual removed several packages without permission or authority.\nThe incident was reported to Columbia University Public Safety on November 21, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. If you have\nany additional information about this incident, please contact us at 212 854-2797.\nThe suspect is described as male presenting with a medium build, light complexion, wearing black jeans, a black\nrain jacket, brown boots, and carrying a red food delivery bag.\nSafety Tips\nDo not allow others to “piggyback” behind you into a secure location.\nPlease try to retrieve your packages in a timely manner.\nDo not buzz people into a building unless you know who they are and what that are doing.\nDisclaimer: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of\nCampus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Columbia University is required to alert the campus community when\ncertain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or continuous threat to the community.\nTo see this and other Clery Crime Alerts please visit our Public Safety website. For more information about Columbia\nUniversity’s Clery Act compliance efforts, please contact the Department’s Clery Act Compliance Director, Roberto A. Pineda-\nSanchez at rp3240@columbia.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W30_Clery_Burglary_110MSD_2024-11-21.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Crime Alert PDF",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official PDF text layer; ligatures normalized to ASCII."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1557,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Columbia University Public Safety Clery timely-warning PDF for package/burglary activity near the Morningside campus.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF provides complete incident narrative and safety tips."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "clery-asr",
      "title": "Columbia Clery Crime Alert PDF",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W30_Clery_Burglary_110MSD_2024-11-21.pdf",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "clery",
    "columbia",
    "burglary",
    "package-theft"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}