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  "id": "2024-06-25-columbia-university-sexual-assault-fondling-w113st-bway-2024-06-25",
  "slug": "columbia-university-sexual-assault-fondling-w113st-bway-2024-06-25-2024-06-25",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
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  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-06-25",
    "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 [issued a Clery crime alert PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W11_Clery_Fondling_W113St&Bway_2024-06-25.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
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published as Columbia Clery crime alert around 2024-06-25",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nFondling\nOn Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at around 9:08 p.m. a Fondling occurred on the northeast corner of West 113 Street\nand Broadway at the Morningside Campus.\n\nThe complainant, a Columbia University contractor, reported that while standing on the corner an unknown person\ngrabbed their groin.\n\nThe incident was reported to Columbia University’s Department of Public Safety on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at\naround 9:10 p.m. If you have any additional information about this incident, please contact the Department of\nPublic Safety at 212-854-2797.\n\nThe suspect was described by the complainant, as female-presenting with a light build and light complexion\nwearing a black t-shirt, blue jean shorts, and black sneakers. No other information is available at this time.\n\nSafety Tips\n· Trust your instincts. If you feel that you may be in danger, seek out others, a store, or an open CU\nbuilding that has Public Safety Officers posted. Remember to look for the Red Lion, the logo for the CU\nPublic Safety Safe Haven program, which has screened more than 130 businesses near the Morningside,\nManhattanville, and Medical Center Campuses. For more information about the Safe Haven program,\nplease click here\n· If you are the victim of a crime, do not engage further with the assailant as that may put you in further danger.\n\n· Be mindful of interacting with people who are unfamiliar.\n\nDISCLAIMER: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed pursuant to the Jeanne Clery\nDisclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Columbia University is required to alert the\ncampus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or\ncontinuous threat to the community.\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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  "context": "On or about 2024-06-25, 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/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W11_Clery_Fondling_W113St&Bway_2024-06-25.pdf) holds the public text.",
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    "Recovered via Wayback due to live 403"
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      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W11_Clery_Fondling_W113St&Bway_2024-06-25.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
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