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  "id": "2023-01-05-columbia-university-motor-vehicle-theft-motor-vehicle-theft-550west114",
  "slug": "columbia-university-motor-vehicle-theft-motor-vehicle-theft-550west114-2023-01-05",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-01-05",
    "type": "motor-vehicle-theft",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Clery crime alert for a theft near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Clery crime alert for a theft 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/W02-Clery-Motor-Vehicle-Theft-550West114st-2023-01-05.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 2023-01-05",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert – Motor Vehicle Theft\nOn Thursday January 5, 2023 at about 3:04am a non-affiliate’s\nvehicle was stolen in front of 550 West 114 Street. CCTV shows an\nunidentified person wearing dark clothing exiting a gray four door\ncolored sedan, entering the victim’s vehicle, and driving east towards\nAmsterdam Ave. The vehicle is last seen heading north on Amsterdam\nAve. Anyone with information regarding this crime, please call 911\nand Public Safety at 212- 854-5555.\n\nPlease note – Clery crime alerts are distributed, pursuant to Federal\nlaw, for specific crimes in defined locations. They do not present, nor\nare they intended to present, a complete picture of crime on campus.\n\nDaniel Ayala Edward Libassi\nInterim Director of Investigations Investigator\n212-854-2634 212-854-6634\nJanuary 7, 2023 Case #2023-000038",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W02-Clery-Motor-Vehicle-Theft-550West114st-2023-01-05.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
      "annotations": [
        "pdftotext from Wayback-archived official Clery PDF"
      ],
      "characterCount": 824
    }
  ],
  "context": "On or about 2023-01-05, 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/W02-Clery-Motor-Vehicle-Theft-550West114st-2023-01-05.pdf) holds the public text.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF complete text",
    "Recovered via Wayback"
  ],
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    {
      "title": "Clery PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W02-Clery-Motor-Vehicle-Theft-550West114st-2023-01-05.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"
    }
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}