{
  "id": "2023-04-21-columbia-university-burglary-burglary-512w112st-2023-04-19",
  "slug": "columbia-university-burglary-burglary-512w112st-2023-04-19-2023-04-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-04-21",
    "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 recovered via [Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W14-Clery-Burglary-512W112St-2023-04-19.pdf). 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 2023-04-21",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert – Burglary\nOn Friday April 21, 2023 Public Safety was informed by an affiliate that their package went\nmissing from the lobby of 512 W 112 St on April 19, 2023. CCTV review shows the unidentified\nperson in the photos below entered on April 19, 2023 at 8:29pm by using a device to bypass the\nlobby door and removed several packages without permission or authority to do so. If the identity of\nthe person is known, or if seen, please notify Columbia Public Safety 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\nDaniel Ayala John Garvey\nInterim Director of Investigations Senior Investigator\n212-854-2634 212-854-4790\nApril 21, 2023 Case #001221",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W14-Clery-Burglary-512W112St-2023-04-19.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
      "annotations": [
        "pdftotext from Wayback-archived official Clery PDF"
      ],
      "characterCount": 843
    }
  ],
  "context": "On or about 2023-04-21, Columbia Public Safety published a Clery crime alert. Live index is Cloudflare-restricted; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W14-Clery-Burglary-512W112St-2023-04-19.pdf) holds the public text.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF complete text",
    "Recovered via Wayback"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W14-Clery-Burglary-512W112St-2023-04-19.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"
}