{
  "id": "2025-03-18-columbia-university-robbery-robbery-150claremontave-2025-03-18",
  "slug": "columbia-university-robbery-robbery-150claremontave-2025-03-18-2025-03-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-03-18",
    "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 University Public Safety [issued a Clery crime alert PDF](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W08_Clery_Robbery_150ClaremontAve_2025-03-18.pdf) (archived [via Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W08_Clery_Robbery_150ClaremontAve_2025-03-18.pdf.pdf)) regarding this incident. Full text is preserved from the official alert 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 2025-03-18",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nRobbery\n\nOn Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 12:48 a.m., a robbery occurred in front of 150 Claremont Ave, at the\nMorningside Campus.\n\nThe NYPD reported that an affiliate was struck in the back of the head by an unknown subject, and their\nApple Air Pods were removed from them. The subject fled north on Claremont Ave on a scooter.\n\nThe NYPD reported this incident to Columbia University Public Safety on Wednesday, March 19, 2025,\nat approximately 12:30 p.m.\n\nIf you have any additional information about this incident, please contact us at (212) 854-2797.\n\nThe subject is described as male-presenting and dark skinned, wearing all dark clothes. No further\ninformation is available at this time.\n\nSafety Tips\nBe aware of your surroundings, especially when walking alone.\nWalk in groups whenever you can. There is always safety in numbers.\n\nDisclaimer: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed pursuant to the Jeanne\nClery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statics Act. Columbia University is\nrequired to alert the campus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses\nthat represent a serious or continuous threat to the community.\n\nTo see this and other Clery Crime Alerts, please visit our Public Safety website. For more information\nabout Columbia University’s Clery Act compliance efforts, please contact the Department’s Clery Act\nCompliance Director, Roberto A. Pineda Sanchez at rp3240@columbia.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W08_Clery_Robbery_150ClaremontAve_2025-03-18.pdf.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text extracted with pdftotext from official Clery alert PDF archived on Wayback",
        "Live publicsafety.columbia.edu currently returns Cloudflare 403 to automated fetch; Wayback holds the public PDF"
      ],
      "characterCount": 1488
    }
  ],
  "context": "On or about 2025-03-18, [Columbia University](https://www.columbia.edu/) Department of Public Safety published a Clery crime alert flyer. The live [Clery crime alerts index](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/clery-crime-alerts) is currently access-restricted to automated clients (Cloudflare 403); this case uses a [Wayback-archived PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W08_Clery_Robbery_150ClaremontAve_2025-03-18.pdf.pdf) of the same public notice series.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery crime alert PDF with complete transmitted text",
    "Recovered via Wayback Machine because the live Public Safety host blocks automated access"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery crime alert PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W08_Clery_Robbery_150ClaremontAve_2025-03-18.pdf.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alerts 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": [
    "robbery",
    "clery",
    "timely-warning",
    "columbia",
    "new-york",
    "wayback"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}