{
  "id": "2025-08-02-columbia-university-intercom-burglaries-aug-2025",
  "slug": "columbia-university-intercom-burglaries-aug-2025-2025-08-02",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alert",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-08-02",
    "type": "burglary",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Linked burglaries via random intercom entry on Morningside",
    "headlinePublic": "Linked burglaries via random intercom entry on Morningside",
    "summary": "Columbia Public Safety [issued a Clery Crime Alert](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W18_Clery_Robberies_420W119ST&500W122ST__2025-08-02&04.pdf) dated 2025-08-02 concerning this incident. Full flyer text is preserved from the official PDF.",
    "outcome": "See official Clery Crime Alert for investigation status and safety tips."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "timestampApprox": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Crime Alert dated 2025-08-02",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nBurglaries\nThe Department of Public Safety has been informed of three burglaries that occurred between August 2, 2025, at\n11:47pm and August 4, 2025, at 8:08pm and 8:20pm at 521 West 111 Street, 420 West 119 Street and 500 West\n122 Street, respectively.\n  It is believed that these burglaries were all perpetrated by the same person.\nA video review shows an individual pressing intercom buttons randomly until they are let in. This technique is used\nat all three buildings.\n\nThe individual is described as male presenting, with a dark complexion, black hair and a black moustache and\nbeard. If you have any additional information about this incident, please contact Public Safety at 212-854-2797.\nSafety Tips\nDo not buzz people into a building unless you know who they are and what they are doing.\nPlease try to retrieve your package in a timely manner.\nDo not allow people to \"piggyback\" into a building with you. If someone is “piggybacking” into a building and\nyou do not feel safe stopping them, please call Public Safety at 212 854-2797 as soon as you are able to.\nPlease report any broken doors, locks, or entrances to your building super as soon as possible.\nDisclaimer: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of\nCampus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Columbia University is required to alert the campus\ncommunity when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or continuous\nthreat 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 ps-compliance@columbia.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W18_Clery_Robberies_420W119ST&500W122ST__2025-08-02&04.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Crime Alert PDF",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official PDF text layer; ligatures normalized to ASCII."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1818,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Columbia University Public Safety Clery timely-warning PDF for the Morningside campus community.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF provides complete incident narrative and safety tips."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "clery-asr",
      "title": "Columbia Clery Crime Alert PDF",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W18_Clery_Robberies_420W119ST&500W122ST__2025-08-02&04.pdf",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "clery",
    "columbia",
    "burglary"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}