{
  "id": "2025-04-28-columbia-university-west-115th-package-burglaries",
  "slug": "columbia-university-west-115th-package-burglaries-2025-04-28",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alert",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-04-28",
    "type": "burglary",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Package burglaries at 403 and 604 West 115th Street",
    "headlinePublic": "Package burglaries at 403 and 604 West 115th Street",
    "summary": "Columbia Public Safety [issued a Clery Crime Alert](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W13_Clery_Burglary_403W115St_2025-04-28.pdf) dated 2025-04-28 concerning this incident. Full flyer text is preserved from the official PDF.",
    "outcome": "See official Clery Crime Alert for investigation status and harm-reduction tips."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "timestampApprox": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Crime Alert dated 2025-04-28",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nBurglary\nOn Monday, April 28, 2025, at approximately 6:47 p.m. a Burglary occurred at 403 W 115th Street, at the Morningside Campus.\nA video review shows an individual randomly pressing the intercom in an attempt to gain entry. Once inside the building, the individual removed several items from\npackages, placed some into bags they were carrying, and stored others in a backpack taken from the lobby.\nThe individual was last seen entering the downtown side of  the MTA subway station at Broadway and West 116th Street.\nThe incident was reported to Columbia University Public Safety on Monday, April 28, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. If  you have any additional information about this incident,\nplease contact Public Safety at 212-854-2797.\nThe same individual committed a similar crime on Monday, April 28, 2025, at 4:26 p.m. at 604 W 115th Street at the Morningside Campus.\nThe individual is male presenting and appears to have a light complexion and a mustache. They were wearing a blue and orange baseball cap under a dark hood, a green\nscarf, a dark blue hoodie, a light-colored jacket with black stripes on the sleeves, light blue ripped jeans, white sneakers and were carrying a brown shoulder bag.\nSafety Tips\nDo not buzz people into a building unless you know who they are and what they are doing.\nPlease try to retrieve your package in a timely manner.\nDo not allow people to \"piggyback\" into a building with you. If  someone is “piggybacking” into a building and you do not feel safe stopping them, please call\nPublic Safety at 212 854-2797 as soon as you are able.\nPlease report any broken doors, locks, or entrances to your building super as soon as possible.\nDisclaimer: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of  Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Columbia\nUniversity is required to alert the campus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or continuous threat to the community.\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 Department’s\nClery Act Compliance Director, Roberto A. Pineda Sanchez at rp3240@columbia.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W13_Clery_Burglary_403W115St_2025-04-28.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Crime Alert PDF",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official PDF text layer; ligatures normalized to ASCII."
      ],
      "characterCount": 2308,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Columbia University Public Safety Clery timely-warning PDF for package/burglary activity near the Morningside campus.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF provides complete incident narrative and safety tips."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "clery-asr",
      "title": "Columbia Clery Crime Alert PDF",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W13_Clery_Burglary_403W115St_2025-04-28.pdf",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "clery",
    "columbia",
    "burglary",
    "package-theft"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}