{
  "id": "2024-03-26-columbia-university-robbery-w01-clery-robbery-sipa-2024-03-26",
  "slug": "columbia-university-robbery-w01-clery-robbery-sipa-2024-03-26-2024-03-26",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-03-26",
    "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/W01-Clery-Robbery-SIPA-2024-03-26.pdf) (archived [via Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W01-Clery-Robbery-SIPA-2024-03-26.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 2024-03-26",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert – Robbery\nOn Tuesday March 26, 2024, at approximately 4:40pm the person in the photos below\nremoved an unattended jacket from inside SIPA near the first floor vending machines. The person\nfled on foot to Amsterdam Ave where he was confronted by the victim. The victim allegedly\nobserved the butt of a gun in the subjects waistband. The subject was last seen walking N/B on\nBroadway to 120th St. The NYPD was notified and assisted by canvasing the area in efforts to locate\nthe alleged subject. If this person is known or seen, please call 911 and Public Safety at 212- 854-\n5555.\n\nPlease note – Clery crime alerts are distributed, pursuant to Federal law, for specific crimes in\ndefined locations. They do not present, nor are they intended to present, a complete picture of crime\non campus.\n\nDaniel Ayala Edward Libassi\nInterim Director of Investigations Investigator\n212-854-2634 212-854-6634\n\nMarch 26, 2024 Case #24-000963",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W01-Clery-Robbery-SIPA-2024-03-26.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": 944
    }
  ],
  "context": "On or about 2024-03-26, [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/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W01-Clery-Robbery-SIPA-2024-03-26.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/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W01-Clery-Robbery-SIPA-2024-03-26.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"
}