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  "id": "2024-10-23-columbia-university-burglary-burglary-511w113st-2024-10-23",
  "slug": "columbia-university-burglary-burglary-511w113st-2024-10-23-2024-10-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-23",
    "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/W23_Clery_Burglary_511W113St_2024-10-23.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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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published as Columbia Clery crime alert around 2024-10-23",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "cl;) COLUMBIA PUBLIC SAFETY\nPRlD[ • PROFl:SSIONALISM • SERVICE\nI\n--------- publicsafety.columbia.edu ---------\n\nClery Crime Alert\nBurglary\nOn Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at 7:47 p.m. a burglary occurred at 511 West 113th Street, at the Morningside Campus.\n\nThe complainant, a Columbia University student, had their package taken from the lobby of 511 West 113th Street. Video\nreview shows an individual entering the building behind someone who used their key to open the door. Once inside the\nindividual removed two packages without permission or authority.\n\nThe suspect is described as male presenting with a light complexion and short light hair, wearing a dark colored blazer, white\nshirt, and blue jeans and was carrying a green colored tote bag. We believe this suspect may be connected to past burglaries.\n\nSafety Tips\n• Do not allow others to \"piggyback\" behind you into a secure location.\n• Please try to retrieve your package in a timely manner.\n• Do 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\nCampus Crime Statistics Act. Columbia University is required to alert the campus community when certain crimes occur in\nour 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 m3240@columbia.edu",
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  "context": "On or about 2024-10-23, 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/W23_Clery_Burglary_511W113St_2024-10-23.pdf) holds the public text.",
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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/W23_Clery_Burglary_511W113St_2024-10-23.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
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      "title": "Columbia Clery crime alerts index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/clery-crime-alerts",
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      "title": "Columbia University",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
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