🌱 Queens Man A Peeping Tom In Long Island + Man Sentenced In Shootout

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Clouds and sunshine. High: 43 Low: 32.

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Here are the top three stories today in Queens:

1. Demetrius Sumter, 27, of Queens, is accused of spying on women at a Long Island gym. Sumter was charged with unlawful surveillance on Saturday after a 20-year-old woman was at the Planet Fitness gym and noticed a cellphone – which was recording her – in the ceiling panels when she finished her tanning session. (PIX II)
2. Nazieer Basir, 22, was recently sentenced to 17 years in prison for manslaughter in the first degree. The Queens man was involved in a botched shootout in Ozone Park where an unintended target was shot in the head and killed in 2020. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said, "We will not tolerate shoot-outs on the streets of Queens County. People will be held accountable for their actions." (NBC New York)
3. Kenneth Petty, rap star Nicki Minaj's husband, went to the Brooklyn Federal Court to contest a medium-risk sex offender status on his record from a 2004 case in the Queens Supreme Court. Petty was convicted of the attempted rape of a 16-year-old in 1995 and initially filed that he did not get the chance to contest it recently. After a transcription from the 2004 was reviewed and said Petty was not going to contest per his then legal counsel, Petty withdrew the suit. (Yahoo News)

Today in Queens:

• Happy Hour At Bar Marseille Rockaway (3:00 PM)
• Family Movie Night At J.H.S. 194 William Carr (6:00 PM)
• Prenatal Education & Experience - Community Program At Long Island Jewish Forest Hills (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Good news: The public restrooms at the Forest Hills Subway Station reopened yesterday after three years! (Patch)
• Full- and part-time job opportunities are available in the Queens area. Available positions include client service representative, flight support coordinator, client executive, data center specialist, good receiver, and more. Click the link for more details about companies hiring in the area. (Queens Patch)
• Register your five through 10-year-olds for the Snowing & Growing program at Queens Botanical Garden. The indoor/outdoor program will be available in February and March on select Saturdays. Sign-up here! (Queens Botanical Garden via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Tuesday! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with your next update.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners. She is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where she earned degrees in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or practicing film photography.