{
  "id": "2021-10-15-columbia-university-burglary-burglary-mudd-2021-10-14",
  "slug": "columbia-university-burglary-burglary-mudd-2021-10-14-2021-10-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-10-15",
    "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 Clery alert PDF via [Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W15-Clery-Burglary-Mudd-2021-10-14.pdf).",
    "outcome": "See Clery alert.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published around 2021-10-15",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert - Burglary\nOn October 14th, 2021 at approximately 08:25pm, the individual in the photographs\nbelow entered the Mudd Building by piggybacking through the 4 th floor Campus Level Doors.\nOnce inside the building, the person removed an affiliate’s laptop from an unsecured office on\nthe 9th floor. The person is also seen trying to enter multiple rooms on different floors while in\nthe building. The person is last seen traveling Southbound on Amsterdam avenue past 114th\nstreet at approximately 08:51pm. The individual has been previously designated Persona Non\nGrata by the Department of Public Safety, if observed do not approach. Please notify NYPD 911\nand the Morningside Public Safety Operations desk at 212-854-5555.\n\nPlease note – Clery crime alerts are distributed, pursuant to Federal law, for specific crimes in defined locations.\nThey do not present, nor are they intended to present, a complete picture of crime on campus.\n\nDeidre Fuchs Jose Vazquez\nExecutive Director of Investigations Senior Investigator\n212-854-2054 212-854-6634\nOctober 15, 2021 Cases #21-002139",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W15-Clery-Burglary-Mudd-2021-10-14.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Clery PDF via Wayback",
      "annotations": [
        "pdftotext from Wayback Clery PDF"
      ],
      "characterCount": 1093
    }
  ],
  "context": "Columbia Clery flyer ~2021-10-15; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W15-Clery-Burglary-Mudd-2021-10-14.pdf).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF",
    "Wayback recovery"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W15-Clery-Burglary-Mudd-2021-10-14.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"
}