{
  "id": "2025-03-12-columbia-university-burglary-burglary-morningsideaveandwest123rdstreet",
  "slug": "columbia-university-burglary-burglary-morningsideaveandwest123rdstreet-2025-03-12",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-03-12",
    "type": "burglary",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Clery alert: burglary at 414 West 120th Street",
    "headlinePublic": "Clery alert: burglary at 414 West 120th Street",
    "summary": "Columbia University Public Safety [issued a Clery crime alert PDF](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W07_Clery_Burglary_MorningsideAveandWest123rdStreet_2025-03-03.pdf) (archived [via Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W07_Clery_Burglary_MorningsideAveandWest123rdStreet_2025-03-03.pdf.pdf)) regarding this incident. Full text is preserved from the official alert 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 2025-03-12",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nBurglary\n\nOn Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at around 3:05 a.m. an Attempted Burglary occurred at 414 West 120th Street, at\nthe Morningside Campus.\n\nA video review shows an individual using a device in attempt to enter the building. The individual was not able to\ngain entry and walked off toward Morningside Drive.\n\nThe incident was reported to Columbia University Public Safety on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at around 9:15\na.m. If you have any additional information about this incident, please contact us at 212 854-2797.\n\nThe same individual did attempt a similar crime on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 3:25 a.m. at 420 West\n119th Street, at the Morningside Campus.\n\nThe suspect is described as male presenting, with a dark complexion, medium build, a black moustache and beard\nand wearing blue jeans, a green bubble jacket, a tan baseball hat and was carrying a blue food delivery bag. There\nis no other information at this time.\n\nSafety Tips\n\nDo not buzz people into a building unless you know who they are and what they are doing.\nDo not allow others to “piggyback” behind you into a secure location.\nPlease try to retrieve your packages in a timely manner.\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 the\ncampus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or\ncontinuous threat to the community.\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/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W07_Clery_Burglary_MorningsideAveandWest123rdStreet_2025-03-03.pdf.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text extracted with pdftotext from official Clery alert PDF archived on Wayback",
        "Live publicsafety.columbia.edu currently returns Cloudflare 403 to automated fetch; Wayback holds the public PDF"
      ],
      "characterCount": 1816
    }
  ],
  "context": "On or about 2025-03-12, [Columbia University](https://www.columbia.edu/) Department of Public Safety published a Clery crime alert flyer. The live [Clery crime alerts index](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/clery-crime-alerts) is currently access-restricted to automated clients (Cloudflare 403); this case uses a [Wayback-archived PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W07_Clery_Burglary_MorningsideAveandWest123rdStreet_2025-03-03.pdf.pdf) of the same public notice series.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery crime alert PDF with complete transmitted text",
    "Recovered via Wayback Machine because the live Public Safety host blocks automated access"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery crime alert PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W07_Clery_Burglary_MorningsideAveandWest123rdStreet_2025-03-03.pdf.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Columbia Public Safety 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"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "burglary",
    "clery",
    "timely-warning",
    "columbia",
    "new-york",
    "wayback"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}