Minor arrested
in threat that
led to Cardozo
H.S. lockdown
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
One person is in police
custody after a possible social
media threat sent Benjamin
Cardozo High School into a
“soft lockdown.”
Officers from the 111th
Precinct received a 911 call
March 15 at 2:13 p.m. regarding
the situation. Police arrived
at the scene and began to
look for a suspect that was
possibly armed.
As of 2:31 p.m., police
confirmed a suspect was
apprehended and placed under
arrest. The suspect, a minor
who police say was wanted
for another assault, has not
been identified due to his age;
however, police confirmed that
the suspect is a male student at
the school.
Social media reports
indicate that the school went
on lockdown after a picture
of a gun was posted on social
media by a student and his
friends and that another
student was caught with a BB
gun in his bag. However, the
NYPD could not immediatley
confirm these details.
Cardozo High School
acknowledged the incident in a
statement on its website: “Our
school is currently in a soft
lock down (sic). All students
are under staff supervision
and safe in their assigned
locations. I will update this
news when the lock down is
lifted and our normal bell
schedule resumes.”
According to Department of
Education (DOE) guidelines, a
soft lockdown is initiated for
an incident in which there is
no known immediate danger
to administrators, School
Safety agents and police
officers instructed to sweep
the school.
“A serious allegation was
immediately reported to
the NYPD, who conducted a
thorough search and swiftly
recovered a B.B. gun. All
students and staff are safe, and
the lockdown was lifted,” said
a DOE representative.
Last December, Cardozo
went into a full lockdown after
a student slashed another in a
stairwell, prompting a large
police response.
More than 100 male and female athletes from across the boroughs and abroad will compete for the title of male and female MVP at the
39th Annual New York Arm Wrestling Championships on March 24. Photo via Facebook/The New York Arm Wrestling Association
Queens athletes to compete at annual
NY arm wrestling championships
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
More than 100 male
and female athletes from
across the five boroughs are
expected to participate in The
39th Annual New York Arm
Wrestling Championships
for the crowning of male and
female MVP.
Cheap Shots Bar, located
at 149-05 Union Turnpike in
Flushing, will host the city’s
first sit-down and standup
premiere arm-wrestling
championship and title
event on Sunday, March 24,
at 1 p.m. with athletes from
Long Island and the tri-state
area, Canada, Puerto Rico
and Russia.
“The Sit-Down
preliminary and Stand-Up
Finals is a first-time premiere
arm-wrestling championship
and is one of the world’s most
sought-after titles. This event
will draw both veteran ‘hardnosed
pros’ and beginners
and all will compete in
their respective weight
class categories,” said Gene
Camp, founder and president
The 39th Annual New York
Arm Wrestling Championships
will return to Flushing on
Sunday, March 24.
of the New York Arm
Wrestling Association.
“We expect a captive,
cheering audience rooting for
their favorites and a daylong
contest of awesome feats of
brute strength, exhausting
endurance, merciless
demonstrations of power
and explosive raw energy,”
Camp added.
Among those expected
to take part are the 2018
Empire State Champions
and defending 2018 NYC Big
Apple Grapple International
Champions, according to
the NYAWA.
The overall strongest
right handed male and female
will be crowned tournament
MVP. More than $4,000 in
cash prizes will given at
the awards ceremony
including a $250 cash prize
to the right and left-handed
(overall male winners) and
$100 for the overall left and
right-handed women.
All first, second and third
place winners will receive
large Olympic-size, customengraved
gold, silver, and
bronze medallions with
official NYAWA-seal plaques
and certificates. Teams will
also compete, grouped by
Borough, State, and Country,
with a point tally to determine
the winning team prize
sponsored by www.ironmind.
com. Captains of Crush
Grippers will be presented to
the overall winners.
Entrance fees are $35 for
pros and $25 for amateurs;
Pro/Am and masters age 45-
plus and $15 for women. The
competition is open to the
public for age 18 years and
older, and is divided into right
and left hand weight classes
for men and women, in both
amateur and pro categories.
Weigh-in and Registration
begins at 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Spectator admission is $5
and the proud sponsors are
Ironmind.com, Cheap Shots
Sports Bar and NYAWA.
For more information,
sponsorship opportunities,
corporate partnership,
upcoming events, photos,
videos and much more
visit the New York Arm
Wrestling Facebook or
the NYAWA website at
www.nycarms.com.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718) 260–
4526.
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