{
  "id": "2022-03-25-columbia-university-burglary-burglary-501w121st-2022-03-25",
  "slug": "columbia-university-burglary-burglary-501w121st-2022-03-25-2022-03-25",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-03-25",
    "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 Clery alert PDF via [Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W07-Clery-Burglary-501W121St-2022-03-25.pdf). Full text preserved.",
    "outcome": "See Clery alert for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published around 2022-03-25",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert – Burglary\nOn March 25, 2022, at approximately 06:05 AM, the unknown individual in the photo below is seen on CCTV entering\n501 West 121st Street by using a screwdriver to force the door open. Once inside the building the individual did rip open\n3 packages and removed their contents and then exited the building. The same individual attempted to force the door\nopen inside of 540 West 122 St but was unsuccessful. The unknown individual was last seen walking northbound on\nAmsterdam Ave past West 123rd Street. If the identity of the individual is known or if seen, please call 911 and Public\nSafety at 212 854-5555. There is no report on file with the NYPD.\n\nPlease Note – Clery Crime Alerts are distributed, pursuant to Federal Law, for specific crimes in defined locations.\nThey do not present, nor are they intended to present, a complete picture of crimes of campus.\n\nDeidre Fuchs John Garvey\nAssistant Vice President of Investigations Senior Investigator\n212 854-2054 212 854-4790\nMarch 25, 2022 Case # 000836 of 2022",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W07-Clery-Burglary-501W121St-2022-03-25.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Clery PDF via Wayback",
      "annotations": [
        "pdftotext from Wayback-archived Clery PDF"
      ],
      "characterCount": 1042
    }
  ],
  "context": "Columbia Clery flyer ~2022-03-25; live index Cloudflare-blocked; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W07-Clery-Burglary-501W121St-2022-03-25.pdf).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF text",
    "Wayback recovery"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W07-Clery-Burglary-501W121St-2022-03-25.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"
}