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  "id": "2024-10-24-columbia-university-burglary-burglary-507w113st-2024-10-24",
  "slug": "columbia-university-burglary-burglary-507w113st-2024-10-24-2024-10-24",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-24",
    "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/W22_Clery_Burglary_507W113St_2024-10-24.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 2024-10-24",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nBurglary\n\nOn Thursday, October 24, 2024, at 7:34 a.m., a burglary occurred at 507 West 113th Street, at the Morningside\nCampus.\n\nThe complainants, both Columbia University Students, had their packages taken from the lobby of 507 West\n113th Street. A video review shows an individual entering the building on October 24, 2024, at about 7:34 a.m., by\nringing the intercom to gain entry. Once buzzed in the individual removes two packages without permission or\nauthority.\n\nThe suspect is the same individual from the Clery Crime Alert dated October 11, 2024.\n\nThe suspect is described as male presenting with a light build, short dark hair, and wearing a black and white\ncheckered baseball hat, blue jeans, a gray sweatshirt with “POLO” across the front, white sneakers and a black\nbackpack.\n\nSafety Tips\nDo not alloy others to “piggyback” behind you into a secure location.\nPlease try to retrieve your package 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\nDisclosure of 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\ncommunity.\n\nTo see this and other Clery Crime Alerts please visit our Public Safety website. For more information about\nColumbia University’s Clery Act compliance efforts, please contact the Department’s Clery Act Compliance\nDirector, Roberto A. Pineda-Sanchez at rp3240@columbia.edu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W22_Clery_Burglary_507W113St_2024-10-24.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
      "annotations": [
        "pdftotext from official Clery PDF archived on Wayback; live host Cloudflare-blocks automated fetch"
      ],
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    }
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  "context": "On or about 2024-10-24, 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/W22_Clery_Burglary_507W113St_2024-10-24.pdf) holds the public text.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF with complete text",
    "Recovered via Wayback due to live 403"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery crime alert PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W22_Clery_Burglary_507W113St_2024-10-24.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Columbia Clery crime alerts index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/clery-crime-alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Columbia University",
      "url": "https://www.columbia.edu/",
      "type": "official"
    }
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "burglary",
    "clery",
    "columbia",
    "wayback",
    "new-york"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
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