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  "id": "2024-08-21-columbia-university-robbery-robbery-w116st-broadway-2024-08-21",
  "slug": "columbia-university-robbery-robbery-w116st-broadway-2024-08-21-2024-08-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-08-21",
    "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](https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W17_CleryAlert_Robbery_W116st&Broadway_2024-08-21.pdf) recovered via Wayback. 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": [
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published as Columbia Clery crime alert around 2024-08-21",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nRobbery\nOn Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at around 1:59 p.m. a Robbery occurred at West 116 Street and\nBroadway, at the Morningside Campus.\n\nThe complainant, a non-affiliate, reported that while working at the newspaper stand at the corner of\nWest 116 Street and Broadway, two unknown males punched them and stole money from them.\n\nThe incident was reported to Columbia University’s Department of Public Safety on Wednesday,\nAugust 21, 2024, at around 2:10 p.m. If you have any additional information about this incident, please\ncontact the Department of Public Safety at 212-854-2797\n\nThe suspects are described as male-presenting with a light build one wearing all black and the other\nwearing black and gray.\n\nSafety Tips\nBe aware of your surroundings at all times.\nStay alert and tuned into your environment.\n\nDisclaimer: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of\nCampus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Columbia University is required to alert the campus community\nwhen certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or continuous threat to the\ncommunity.\n\nTo see this and other Clery Crime Alerts please visit our Public Safety website. For more information about Columbia\nUniversity’s Clery Act compliance efforts, please contact the Department’s Clery Act Compliance Director, Roberto A.\nPineda Sanchez at rp3240@columbia.edu.",
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      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W17_CleryAlert_Robbery_W116st&Broadway_2024-08-21.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
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  "context": "On or about 2024-08-21, Columbia Public Safety published a Clery crime alert flyer. Live [index](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/clery-crime-alerts) is Cloudflare-restricted to bots; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W17_CleryAlert_Robbery_W116st&Broadway_2024-08-21.pdf) holds the public text.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF with complete text",
    "Recovered via Wayback due to live 403"
  ],
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    {
      "title": "Clery crime alert PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W17_CleryAlert_Robbery_W116st&Broadway_2024-08-21.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Columbia Clery crime alerts 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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    "new-york"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
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