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  "id": "2025-09-10-columbia-university-506-west-122-150-claremont-burglaries",
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    "state": "NY",
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  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-09-10",
    "type": "burglary",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Burglaries at 506 West 122nd and 150 Claremont",
    "headlinePublic": "Burglaries at 506 West 122nd and 150 Claremont",
    "summary": "Columbia Public Safety [issued Clery Crime Alert 2025-W23](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W23_Clery_Burglaries_506W122St&150ClaremontAve_2025-09-10&2025-09-16.pdf.pdf).",
    "outcome": "Public Safety seeking tips at 212-854-2797."
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      "type": "initial",
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      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\n\nBurglaries\n\nThe Department of Public Safety was informed of two burglaries that occurred this week. The first\nburglary occurred on Wednesday, September 10 at around 5:49 p.m.in 506 West 122 Street. The second\nburglary occurred on Tuesday, September 16 at around 11:30 a.m. in 150 Claremont Avenue.\n\nBoth incidents appear to have been committed by the same suspect: a bald, male-presenting person,\nwith a slim build, a medium complexion, wearing a dark sweater, blue jeans, grey sneakers, and carrying\na black backpack. In both incidents the suspect appears to have buzzed multiple random apartments\nuntil they were let into the building. The suspect then takes packages from the lobbies and exits.\n\nNo other information is available currently. If you have any additional information about this incident,\nplease contact the Department of Public Safety at 212-854-2797.\n\nSafety Tips\n\n· Do NOT buzz people into your building if you do not know who they are.\n· Make sure the doors lock behind you every time to enter or exit a building.\n· Stay informed about delivery statuses and estimated arrival times.\n· Please try to retrieve your package in a timely manner.\n\nDISCLAIMER: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed pursuant to the Jeanne\nClery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Columbia University is\nrequired to alert the campus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses\nthat represent a serious or continuous threat to the community.\n\nTo see this and other Clery Crime Alerts please visit our Public Safety website. For more information\nabout Columbia University’s Clery Act compliance efforts, please contact the Department’s Clery Act\nCompliance Director, Roberto A. Pineda Sanchez at rp3240@columbia.edu.",
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