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  "id": "2024-10-11-columbia-university-burglary-burglaries-511w112st-2024-10-11",
  "slug": "columbia-university-burglary-burglaries-511w112st-2024-10-11-2024-10-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-11",
    "type": "burglary",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Clery crime alert for a burglary near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Clery crime alert for a burglary near campus",
    "summary": "Columbia Public Safety [issued a Clery crime alert PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W21_Clery_Burglaries_511W112St_2024-10-11.pdf) recovered via Wayback. Full text preserved from the official flyer.",
    "outcome": "See the Clery crime alert for investigation status and safety guidance.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published as Columbia Clery crime alert around 2024-10-11",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nBurglaries\nOn Friday, October 11, 2024, between 9:02 a.m. and 9:58 p.m., two burglaries occurred at 511 West 112 Street, at the Morningside Campus.\n\nThe complainants, both Columbia University students, reported their packages missing from 511 West 112 Street. A video review shows an individual\nentering the building on October 11, 2024, at about 9:02 a.m. and using an unknown plastic card to bypass the door's lock. Once inside, the individual\nremoved several packages. Further video review shows the same individual entering 511 West 112 Street the same day at 9:58 p.m., in the same manner,\nand removing several packages without permission or authority.\n\nThe incidents were reported to Columbia University Public Safety on October 11 at 1:40 p.m. and October 14, 2024, at 11:55 a.m. If you have any additional\ninformation about these incidents, please contact the Department of Public Safety at 212 854-2797.\n\nThe suspect is described as male presenting with a light build, short dark hair, and wearing a multicolored baseball hat, torn blue jeans, a multicolored\nwinter jacket, and white sneakers. Later, he is seen wearing a blue bubble jacket, torn blue jeans, and black and gold sneakers.\n\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 they are doing.\n\nDISCLAIMER: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime\nStatistics Act. Columbia University is required to alert the campus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or\ncontinuous threat to the community.\n\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\ncontact the Department’s Clery Act Compliance Director, Roberto A. Pineda-Sanchez at rp3240@columbia.edu.",
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      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W21_Clery_Burglaries_511W112St_2024-10-11.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
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  "context": "On or about 2024-10-11, Columbia Public Safety published a Clery crime alert flyer. Live [index](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/clery-crime-alerts) is Cloudflare-restricted to bots; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W21_Clery_Burglaries_511W112St_2024-10-11.pdf) holds the public text.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF with complete text",
    "Recovered via Wayback due to live 403"
  ],
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    {
      "title": "Clery crime alert PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W21_Clery_Burglaries_511W112St_2024-10-11.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Columbia Clery crime alerts index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/clery-crime-alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
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    {
      "title": "Columbia University",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
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