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  "id": "2025-05-08-columbia-university-150-claremont-burglary",
  "slug": "columbia-university-150-claremont-burglary-2025-05-08",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alert",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-05-08",
    "type": "burglary",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Timely warning for burglary at 150 Claremont Avenue",
    "headlinePublic": "Timely warning for burglary at 150 Claremont Avenue",
    "summary": "Columbia Public Safety [issued Clery Crime Alert 2025-W16](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W16_Clery_Burglary_150Claremontave_2025-05-08.pdf).",
    "outcome": "Public Safety seeking tips at 212-854-2797."
  },
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      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nBurglary\nOn Thursday, May 8, 2025, at approximately 6:21 p.m. a Burglary occurred at 150 Claremont Avenue, at the Morningside Campus.\nA video review shows an individual randomly pressing the intercom in an attempt to gain entry. Once inside of the building, the individual removed one\npackage. The individual was last seen entering the housing complex at 3170 Broadway.\nThe incident was reported to Columbia University Public Safety on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 6:27 p.m. If you have any additional information about\nthis incident, please contact Public Safety at 212-854-2797.\nThe same individual committed a similar crime on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 8:21 a.m. at 414 West 120th Street at the Morningside Campus.\nThe individual is male presenting and appears to have a dark complexion and a beard. They were wearing a green and black hooded jacket with white\nlettering on the sleeves, black pants, and black and red sneakers with white soles. They were carrying a colorful backpack with cartoon characters on it\nand holding a dark-patterned umbrella.\n\nSafety Tips\n\nDo not buzz people into a building unless you know who they are and what they are doing.\nPlease try to retrieve your package in a timely manner.\nDo not allow people to \"piggyback\" into a building with you. If someone is “piggybacking” into a building and you do not feel safe stopping\nthem, please call Public Safety at 212 854-2797 as soon as you are able to.\nPlease report any broken doors, locks, or entrances to your building super as soon as possible.\n\nDisclaimer: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.\nColumbia University is required to alert the campus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or continuous threat to the\ncommunity.\nTo see this and other Clery Crime Alerts, please visit our Public Safety website. For more information about Columbia University’s Clery Act compliance efforts, please contact the\nDepartment’s Clery Act Compliance Director, Roberto A. Pineda Sanchez at rp3240@columbia.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
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  "context": "Columbia Public Safety posts Clery Crime Alerts as PDFs. Official product: the [2025-W16 warning](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W16_Clery_Burglary_150Claremontave_2025-05-08.pdf).",
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      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
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