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  "id": "2022-04-21-columbia-university-sexual-assault-fondling-47claremont-2022-04-21",
  "slug": "columbia-university-sexual-assault-fondling-47claremont-2022-04-21-2022-04-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-04-21",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Clery crime alert for a sexual offense near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Clery crime alert for a sexual offense near campus",
    "summary": "Columbia Public Safety Clery alert PDF via [Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W10-Clery-Fondling-47Claremont-2022-04-21.pdf). Full text preserved.",
    "outcome": "See Clery alert for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published around 2022-04-21",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert – Fondling\nOn Thursday April 21, 2022 at 03:04am two affiliates were intentionally pushed to ground and\nforcibly touched in front of 47 Claremont Ave by the unknown person in the photos below. The\nindividual was last seen walking east on LaSalle towards Broadway. If the identity of the person is\nknown, or if seen, please notify NYPD 911 and Columbia Public Safety at 212-854-5555.\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\nDeidre Fuchs Daniel Ayala\nAssistant Vice President of Investigations Associate Director\n212-854-2054 212-854-2634\nApril 21, 2022 Case #22-001122",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W10-Clery-Fondling-47Claremont-2022-04-21.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Clery PDF via Wayback",
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    }
  ],
  "context": "Columbia Clery flyer ~2022-04-21; live index Cloudflare-blocked; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W10-Clery-Fondling-47Claremont-2022-04-21.pdf).",
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    "Wayback recovery"
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      "title": "Clery PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240607225859/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W10-Clery-Fondling-47Claremont-2022-04-21.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/",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "sexual-assault",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
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