12 The Courier SUN • DECEMBER 10, 2015 FOR Breaking news visit www.qns.com police beat COMPILED BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO AND KELLY MARIE MANCUSO 103RD PRECINCT Jamaica Man found dead inside E train at Jamaica station A 66-year-old man was found dead inside a subway car at a Jamaica station on Dec. 2, according to police. Police responded to a 911 call at 5:14 a.m. for an unconscious man inside a train car at Parsons Boulevard WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO. �������������������������������������������������� - With Over 40 Years of Reliable Service. Basement Waterproofing Brickwork ������������������������������������������������������������ Pavers For More Information Contact: Arthur DiBiase Mason Contractor 718-767-0072 Licensed (# 808097) & Insured. and Archer Avenue. Upon arriving, officers found the man — whose identity was withheld pending family notification — inside the E train unconscious and unresponsive, authorities said. Emergency personnel responded to the scene and pronounced the man dead. The investigation is ongoing, and the medical examiner will determine the cause of death. 104th Precinct Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth Ridgewood school placed on temporary lockdown following threat Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood was placed on a temporary soft lockdown on Dec. 4 as a precaution following a vague, non-specific threat made by a student. According to Capt. Mark Wachter, commanding officer of the 104th Precinct, the threat was expressed by one student to another through a text message. The student, described as a special needs child with a history of medical issues, was upset after being asked to leave a basketball game on the school’s premises the day before. “It was one kid that was expressing his frustration,” Wachter explained. “He texted his friend: ‘don’t come to school tomorrow because I’m going to go in there and hurt a lot of people.’” The student who received the text message told school administrators, who then alerted the authorities. The precinct mobilized their School Safety and Counterterrorism units, as well as extra uniformed officers to the school, as a precaution. “There was no viable threat; just a kid who ranted to another kid,” Wachter added. “The school was never in any danger. We put extra resources to school just in case he would show up.” According to Wachter, the student never arrived at school. Officers from the 104th Precinct and the Counterterrorism unit were deployed to the child’s house where they found him. The student was brought to the school for questioning and then taken to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation. False reports swarmed social media on Friday morning regarding the situation at the school, prompting many parents and local residents to fear the worst. Wachter refuted rumors of police helicopters circling the school. He stated that a large-scale response or emergency services were not required, as the police had not only determined the student’s location, but deemed the threat non-viable. According to Wachter, the helicopters people reported seeing were actually news copters and not the NYPD. According to school administrators, the school is getting back to business after the eventful morning. “Parents came to pick up their child or just to see that they were fine,” one source at the school explained. “All is good and back to normal now.” Wachter insisted that Grover Cleveland was never in any danger. “We knew where student was, so the school was never in any immediate threat,” he explained. “He had no means of doing it, and no access to weapons or firearms. It was just one kid ranting to another kid in class. We definitely get involved, but an arrest is not warranted. The kid just needed medical help.” 112TH PRECINCT Forest Hills and Rego Park Police seek initial suspect for seven fires at Forest Hills construction sites The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying a serial arsonist wanted in connection to a slew of construction site fires in Forest Hills. After releasing a photo of a potential motorcycleriding suspect this past weekend, police said they are turning their investigation back to an initial suspect, who appeared in a surveillance video on Nov. 25. The latest blaze occurred on Sunday around 12:18 a.m. at 112-35 69th Rd. No injuries were reported. The fires — which happened within blocks of each other— date back to October and include the following times, dates and locations: At about 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 8 at 68-60 112th St. At about 10:10 p.m. on Nov. 15 at 112-35 69th Rd. At about 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 at 108-43 66th Ave. At about 11:12 p.m. on Nov. 25 at 108-43 67th Dr. At about 10:27 p.m. on Oct. 20 at 70-35 113th St. At about 8 p.m. on Nov. 10 at 108-13 67th Rd. According to published reports, although the NYPD hasn’t classified these incidents as hate crimes, people from the local Bukharan Jewish community — who own many of the construction sites — believe they are being targeted in these fires. 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