{
  "id": "2021-11-16-columbia-university-burglary-burglary-15claremont-2021-11-16",
  "slug": "columbia-university-burglary-burglary-15claremont-2021-11-16-2021-11-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-11-16",
    "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 Clery alert PDF via [Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W18-Clery-Burglary-15Claremont-2021-11-16.pdf).",
    "outcome": "See Clery alert.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published around 2021-11-16",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert – Burglary\nOn Tuesday November 16, 2021 at approximately 8:48pm, the person in the photographs\nbelow did enter 15 Claremont Ave as someone was exiting. Once inside the building the person is\nseen on CCTV in the basement forcing doors open causing damage and removing property without\npermission or authority to do so. Investigation later reveals this person also removed packages from\nthe lobby of 195 Claremont at 4:53pm on the same day. The person is last seen traveling north on\nAmsterdam Ave towards West 123rd Street at 9:57pm. If the identity of the person is known, or if\nseen, please notify NYPD 911 and the Morningside Public Safety Operations desk at 212-854-5555.\n\nPlease note – Clery crime alerts are distributed, pursuant to Federal law, for specific crimes in\ndefined locations. They do not present, nor are they intended to present, a complete picture of crime\non campus.\n\nDeidre Fuchs Daniel Ayala\nExecutive Director of Investigations Assistant Director\n212-854-2054 212-854-2634\nNovember 17, 2021 Case #21-002478",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W18-Clery-Burglary-15Claremont-2021-11-16.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Clery PDF via Wayback",
      "annotations": [
        "pdftotext from Wayback Clery PDF"
      ],
      "characterCount": 1047
    }
  ],
  "context": "Columbia Clery flyer ~2021-11-16; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W18-Clery-Burglary-15Claremont-2021-11-16.pdf).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF",
    "Wayback recovery"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W18-Clery-Burglary-15Claremont-2021-11-16.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Columbia Clery index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/clery-crime-alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Columbia University",
      "url": "https://www.columbia.edu/",
      "type": "official"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "burglary",
    "clery",
    "columbia",
    "wayback"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}