INITIAL ALERTEmail
On Sunday, November 24, 2024, at around 5:02 p.m. an Attempted Robbery occurred in the vestibule of 189 Claremont Avenue at the Morningside Campus. The NYPD reported that a non-affiliate was followed into the vestibule of 189 Claremont Avenue by an individual. The suspect is described as male presenting, with a medium complexion, medium build, with a beard and mustache, and wearing a blue and grey knitted hat, blue winter coat, blue jeans, red, black, and white sneakers, and carrying a red and black backpack.
Excerpted verbatim from the Columbia Public Safety Clery Crime Alerts page entry for the November 24, 2024 attempted robbery
Uses Columbia's standard 'male presenting' phrasing for suspect descriptions, distinct from the more common 'male' used by NYPD bulletins
189 Claremont Avenue is graduate student housing immediately adjacent to the Morningside Campus
The same suspect description was later linked to similar vestibule incidents at 195 Claremont Avenue (Dec 18, 2024) and 549 Riverside Drive