{
  "id": "2021-02-25-columbia-university-robbery-robbery-405w118st-2021-02-24",
  "slug": "columbia-university-robbery-robbery-405w118st-2021-02-24-2021-02-25",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-02-25",
    "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 Clery alert PDF via [Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W02-Clery-Robbery-405W118St-2021-02-24.pdf).",
    "outcome": "See Clery alert.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published around 2021-02-25",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert - Robbery\nOn February 24th, 2021 at approximately 09:58pm the Columbia Department of Public\nSafety was notified by an unknown person, that he was witness to a Robbery of an E-bike in front\nof 405 W. 118th Street. CCTV video review shows that at approximately 09:55pm two individuals\non an electric scooter approached an unknown delivery person who locked his E-Bike in front of\n405 W. 118th street and after brandishing a knife, removed the E-bike from its location while the\nVictim fled Westbound towards Amsterdam avenue. The persons are last seen traveling\nNorthbound on Amsterdam Avenue past 122nd street. At this time there is no report on file with\nthe NYPD.\n\nClery Crime Alerts are distributed, pursuant to Federal Law, for specific crimes in defined\nlocations. They do not present, nor are they intended to present, a complete picture of\ncrimes on campus.\n\nDeidre Fuchs Jose Vazquez\nExecutive Director of Investigations Senior Investigator\n212-854-2054 212-854-6634\nFebruary 25, 2021 Case #2021-000305",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W02-Clery-Robbery-405W118St-2021-02-24.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Clery PDF via Wayback",
      "annotations": [
        "pdftotext from Wayback Clery PDF"
      ],
      "characterCount": 1027
    }
  ],
  "context": "Columbia Clery flyer ~2021-02-25; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W02-Clery-Robbery-405W118St-2021-02-24.pdf).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF",
    "Wayback recovery"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W02-Clery-Robbery-405W118St-2021-02-24.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": [
    "robbery",
    "clery",
    "columbia",
    "wayback"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}