{
  "id": "2021-11-22-columbia-university-motor-vehicle-theft-motorcycle-theft-2021-11-22",
  "slug": "columbia-university-motor-vehicle-theft-motorcycle-theft-2021-11-22-2021-11-22",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-11-22",
    "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 Clery alert PDF via [Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W19-Clery-Motorcycle_Theft-2021-11-22.pdf).",
    "outcome": "See Clery alert.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published around 2021-11-22",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert – Motorcycle Theft\nOn November 22, 2021, at approximately 2:09 am, an affiliate’s motorcycle was stolen while parked at West\n119th Street and Amsterdam Ave. Two unknown individuals exit a light-colored van and push the affiliates motorcycle\ninto the back seat and drive off northbound on Morningside Drive. The van was last seen heading northbound on\nRiverside Drive from West 122nd Street. Anyone with information regarding this crime, please call 911 and Public Safety\nat 212 854-5555. A police report was prepared by the NYPD.\n\nPlease note- Clery Crime Alerts are distributed, pursuant to Federal Law, for specific\ncrimes in defined locations. They do not present, nor are they intended to present, a\ncomplete picture of crimes on campus.\n\nDeidre Fuchs John Garvey\nExecutive Director of Investigations Senior Investigator\n212 854-2054 212 854-4790\nNovember 22, 2021 Case # 002531 of 2021",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W19-Clery-Motorcycle_Theft-2021-11-22.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Clery PDF via Wayback",
      "annotations": [
        "pdftotext from Wayback Clery PDF"
      ],
      "characterCount": 908
    }
  ],
  "context": "Columbia Clery flyer ~2021-11-22; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W19-Clery-Motorcycle_Theft-2021-11-22.pdf).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF",
    "Wayback recovery"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W19-Clery-Motorcycle_Theft-2021-11-22.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": [
    "motor-vehicle-theft",
    "clery",
    "columbia",
    "wayback"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}