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  "id": "2024-08-23-columbia-university-burglary-burglary-541w113st-2024-08-23",
  "slug": "columbia-university-burglary-burglary-541w113st-2024-08-23-2024-08-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-08-23",
    "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/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W18_Clery_Burglary_541W113St_2024-08-23.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
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published as Columbia Clery crime alert around 2024-08-23",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nBurglary\n\nOn Friday, August 23, 2024 at about 1:45 pm, a burglary occurred at 541 West 113 St. at the\nMorningside Campus.\n\nAn employee reported a number of packages torn open in the lobby area of the building.\nVideo review shows an individual entering the building at about 1:43 pm by piggybacking into\nthe lobby area. Once inside, the individual removed packages without permission or authority.\n\nThe incident was reported to Columbia University Public Safety on Friday, August 23, 2024 at\n3:25 pm. If you have any additional information about these incidents, please contact the\nDepartment of Public Safety at 212-854-2797.\n\nThe suspect is dark complexioned male with a goatee, wearing a dark colored Guinness t-shirt,\nblue jeans and dark sneakers.\n\nSafety Tips\n• Do not allow others to “piggyback” behind you into a secure location.\n• Please try to retrieve your packages 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\nDisclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Columbia University is required to alert\nthe campus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or\ncontinuous threat to the community.\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.",
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      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W18_Clery_Burglary_541W113St_2024-08-23.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
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  "context": "On or about 2024-08-23, 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/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W18_Clery_Burglary_541W113St_2024-08-23.pdf) holds the public text.",
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      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W18_Clery_Burglary_541W113St_2024-08-23.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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