{
  "id": "2025-03-03-columbia-university-robbery-robbery-west123rd-2025-03-03",
  "slug": "columbia-university-robbery-robbery-west123rd-2025-03-03-2025-03-03",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-03-03",
    "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 University Public Safety [issued a Clery crime alert PDF](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W06_Clery_Robbery_West123rd_2025-03-03.pdf) (archived [via Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133624/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W06_Clery_Robbery_West123rd_2025-03-03.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 2025-03-03",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\n\nRobbery\n\nOn Monday, March 3, 2025, at around 6:40 p.m., an attempted robbery and robbery occurred at Morningside Avenue and West 123rd Street, in the\nvicinity of the Morningside Campus.\n\nIn the first incident, a Columbia University student reported that three unknown individuals attempted to take items from them. Shortly thereafter,\na second complainant, an Assistant Professor, also reported that their belt, sneakers, and other items were forcibly taken by a group of people described\nas the same in the first incident inside Morningside Park.\n\nThe suspects are described as male-presenting wearing all black and face masks.\n\nSafety Tips\n\nBe aware of your surroundings, especially when walking alone.\nStay alert and tuned in to your environment. Remember that cell phones, earbuds, and other electronic devices divert your attention from your\nsurroundings and block out environmental sound, which increases your vulnerability.\nBe wary of scooters or other small vehicles that are driving too close to the sidewalk.\n\nDISCLAIMER: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime\nStatistics Act. Columbia University is required to alert the campus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or continuous\nthreat to the community.\n\nTo see this and other Clery Crime Alerts please visit our Public Safety website. For more information about Columbia University’s Clery Act compliance efforts, please contact the\nDepartment’s Clery Act Compliance 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/W06_Clery_Robbery_West123rd_2025-03-03.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": 1675
    }
  ],
  "context": "On or about 2025-03-03, [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/W06_Clery_Robbery_West123rd_2025-03-03.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/W06_Clery_Robbery_West123rd_2025-03-03.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"
}