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  "id": "2023-04-03-columbia-university-robbery-attemptedrobbery-116stclaremont-04032023",
  "slug": "columbia-university-robbery-attemptedrobbery-116stclaremont-04032023-2023-04-03",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-04-03",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Clery crime alert for a robbery near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Clery crime alert for a robbery 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/W12_CleryAlert_AttemptedRobbery_116stClaremont_04032023.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 2023-04-03",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert – A empted Robbery\nOn Monday April 3, 2023, at 2:58 PM, the uniden fied individuals in the photo below a empted to pull an Affiliates\nnecklace and shoulder bag from her on 116th Street and Claremont Avenue. The individuals rode off north on Riverside\nDrive on a red motorcycle. If the iden ty of the individuals is known, or if seen, please call 911 and Public Safety at 212\n854‐5555. There is a report on file with the NYPD.\n\nPlease Note – Clery Crime Alerts are distributed, pursuant to Federal Law, for specific crimes in defined loca ons. They\ndo not present, nor are they intended to present, a complete picture of crime on campus.\n\nDaniel Ayala John Garvey\nInterim Director of Inves ga ons Senior Inves gator\n212 854‐2634 212 854‐4790\nApril 3, 2023 Case # 000996 of 2023",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W12_CleryAlert_AttemptedRobbery_116stClaremont_04032023.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
      "annotations": [
        "pdftotext from Wayback-archived official Clery PDF"
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    }
  ],
  "context": "On or about 2023-04-03, 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/W12_CleryAlert_AttemptedRobbery_116stClaremont_04032023.pdf) holds the public text.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF complete text",
    "Recovered via Wayback"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W12_CleryAlert_AttemptedRobbery_116stClaremont_04032023.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/",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "robbery",
    "clery",
    "columbia",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}