Copyright 1995 The Baltimore Sun Company  
The Baltimore Sun


November 15, 1995, Wednesday, FINAL EDITION

SECTION: LOCAL (NEWS), Pg. 3B, CITY/COUNTY DIGEST

LENGTH: 500 words

HEADLINE: Retrial in killing set to begin against former city officer

SOURCE: From staff and wire reports

BODY:


TOWSON -- Prosecutors in the retrial of James Allan Kulbicki said yesterday that they would link Gina Marie Nueslein's blood to his Ford truck, but his defense attorney said they could not link him to the park where her body was found.

Mr. Kulbicki, 39, a former Baltimore City police sergeant, is being retried in the fatal shooting of Ms. Nueslein, 22, a convenience store clerk who was killed days before she was to appear in court for a paternity hearing against Mr. Kulbicki.

Her body was found Jan. 10, 1993, in Gunpowder Falls State Park. The former police officer was convicted in the slaying in 1993, but the conviction was overturned on appeal because he was not allowed to rebut key testimony.
 
Highways personnel preparing for winter

COCKEYSVILLE -- With the season's first snowflakes already dusting the metropolitan area, the county administration is gearing up for the messes of winter.

County Executive C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger III made his scheduled review of snow removal plans yesterday at the new "snow center" on Galloway Avenue. Highways chief C. Richard Moore said the county has 20,000 tons of salt, 188 trucks and up to 400 workers ready for wintry weather.

The public can report icy conditions and plowing problems on county roads by calling 887-3560, and on state-maintained roads (designated with state route numbers) at 321-3600.
 
Man charged in thefts of 6 books from 2 libraries

An East Baltimore man was arrested and charged with stealing four microbiology reference books worth about $ 800 from the main Enoch Pratt Free Library while city firefighters investigated a false fire alarm at the branch yesterday afternoon.

The theft allegedly occurred as about 300 employees and patrons who were evacuated from the building stood in the rain in the 400 block of Cathedral St. about 3:30 p.m. Ronald Walters, 36, of the 2100 block of Boone St. was charged with that theft and also with taking two books, valued at $ 115 each, from the Peabody Institute library on East Mount Vernon Place a short time earlier.

Police said a Central District plainclothes officer saw a man put four large books marked "Do Not Circulate" into a carrying bag.
 
Education officials miss City Council hearing

Education officials were no-shows yesterday at a hearing called by the City Council's education committee on the school system's plan for resolving its $ 32 million budget shortfall.

"The council and the public are asking questions about the school system's deficit and need answers," said an annoyed committee Chairman Carl Stokes after Superintendent Walter G. Amprey failed to appear or send a representative to the 3 p.m. hearing.

Mr. Stokes, whose term ends next month, had set the date after postponing the hearing several times because school officials were not ready to publicly discuss their plan. They have delayed announcing their plans several times in recent weeks, and Friday missed a deadline set by Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke.