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  "id": "2024-11-17-columbia-university-burglary-burglaries-523and511west112st-2024-11-17",
  "slug": "columbia-university-burglary-burglaries-523and511west112st-2024-11-17-2024-11-17",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
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  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-11-17",
    "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/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W27_Clery_Burglaries_523and511West112st_2024-11-17.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
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      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published as Columbia Clery crime alert around 2024-11-17",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nBurglaries\n\nOn Sunday, November 17, 2024, between 1:47 a.m. and 1:50 a.m., two burglaries occurred. The first burglary\noccurred at 523 West 112 Street and the second occurred at 511 West 112 Street.\n\nA video review shows an individual entering 523 West 112 Street on November 17, 2024, at about 1:45 a.m. by\n“piggybacking” behind a tenant. Once inside, the individual removed several packages. Further video review shows\nthe same individual entering 511 West 112th Street on the same date at 1:50 a.m. by forcing the door open and\nremoving several packages without permission or authority.\n\nThe incidents were reported to Columbia University Public Safety on November 20, 2024, at 8:55 a.m. If you have\nany additional information 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, a light complexion, wearing blue jeans, and a blue\nhooded sweatshirt under a dark bubble jacket, brown sneakers, a red baseball hat.\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 that are doing.\n\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.\n\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.",
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  "context": "On or about 2024-11-17, 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/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W27_Clery_Burglaries_523and511West112st_2024-11-17.pdf) holds the public text.",
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    "Recovered via Wayback due to live 403"
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      "title": "Clery crime alert PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W27_Clery_Burglaries_523and511West112st_2024-11-17.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
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      "title": "Columbia Clery crime alerts index",
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