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  "id": "2025-12-12-columbia-university-603-west-168th-fondling",
  "slug": "columbia-university-603-west-168th-fondling-2025-12-12",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alert",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-12-12",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Fondling reported at 603 West 168th Street",
    "headlinePublic": "Fondling reported at 603 West 168th Street",
    "summary": "Columbia Public Safety [issued Clery Crime Alert 2025-W38](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W38_Clery_Sexual_Assault_Fondling_603West168Street__2025_12_12.pdf).",
    "outcome": "Public Safety seeking tips at 212-854-2797."
  },
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nFondling\nThe Department of Public Safety was just informed by the NYPD that on Friday, December 12, 2025, at\napproximately 4:35 p.m. a fondling incident occurred in front of GG Gourmet Deli located on 603 West\n168 Street. The individual is described as male presenting with a dark complexion. They were wearing a\nbright ski-mask, dark clothing, and were on a black bicycle. The victim was standing outside of the deli\nwhen the suspect rode past them, grabbed their buttocks and fled the scene going west on West 168\nStreet towards Fort Washington Avenue. A police report was filed.\nIf you have any additional information about this incident, please contact Public Safety at 212-305-8100.\nHarm Reduction Strategies:\nBe aware of your surroundings, especially when walking alone.\nTravel in well-lit and high-traffic areas.\nIf you are the victim of a crime, do not engage further with the assailant as that may put you in\nfurther danger.\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\nalert the campus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a\nserious or continuous threat to the community.\nTo see this and other Clery Crime Alerts please visit our Public Safety website. For more information about\nColumbia University’s Clery Act compliance efforts, please contact the Department’s Compliance Unit by\nemailing ps-compliance@columbia.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
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  "context": "Columbia Public Safety posts Clery Crime Alerts as PDFs. Official product: the [2025-W38 warning](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/publicsafety.columbia.edu/files/content/W38_Clery_Sexual_Assault_Fondling_603West168Street__2025_12_12.pdf).",
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      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
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