Compiled from staff and wire reports

Officer in shooting is back on duty

The Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot a burglary suspect in Northside is back to work in the neighborhood.

Officer Michael Schulte was was off for the customary five working days and two off days after the Feb. 9 shooting of Andre Sherrer. Police said Sherrer, 34, ran from police after breaking into a clothing store, was confronted by Schulte, grabbed his nightstick and hit Schulte repeatedly before the office shot him.

When Chief Tom Streicher visited Schulte the day after the shooting, the officer asked that he not be transferred out of the neighborhood

Schulte, 26, has been a Cincinnati officer since June 1999.

The shooting was the first time a Cincinnati officer killed someone since Nov. 2001.

Store owner faces additional charges

The owner of a downtown Cincinnati store, arrested earlier this month for allegedly receiving stolen computers and equipment, now faces new charges.

HOT WHEELS: A Hamilton firefighter peers into a smoking car at the intersection of Maple and 12th streets Thursday. Firefighters arrived on the scene about 2 p.m. and quickly extinguished the blaze. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. No injuries were reported. (Michael Snyder photo) | ZOOM |

Tony Marshall, 45, of the West End, was first arrested Feb. 4 and charged with three counts of receiving stolen property after police searched his AAA Unison Computers store on Vine Street. He got out of jail on bond and was indicted on those charges Feb. 12.

He was arrested again Tuesday, charged with fivemore counts of receiving stolen property.

Cincinnati police ask anyone whose laptops and other computer equipment have been stolen - even if the property has been gone for some time - to contact them so serial numbers can be matched. Investigator Craig Ball already has tracked two pieces of equipment to a theft in Blue Ash about a year ago, said Sgt. Roger Robbins.

Police also ask anyone missing computer equipment to call Ball at 352-4565.

Woman injured when struck by car

LIBERTY TWP. - A 28-year-old woman was in critical condition Thursday after a vehicle struck her late Wednesday as she walked along Cincinnati-Dayton Road.

A 1996 Saturn driven by Jay Venters, 37, hit Kelly Horn of Liberty Township in the 5500 block of Cincinnati-Dayton Road about 9 p.m., said Detective Mayer, spokesman for the Butler County Sheriff's Office.

Horn was walking down the middle of the northbound lane with her back to traffic, he added.

Horn suffered multiple injuries and was flown by helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, where she remained in critical condition Thursday, Mayer said.

Ex-cop allowed to carry gun again

HAMILTON - An ex-Hamilton police officer is allowed to carry a gun again, but is still prohibited from contacting a West Chester Township woman who alleged he was stalking her.

Magistrate Harold M. Reed on Thursday accepted those terms of an agreement between Monica Bellissimo, 26, and William R. Hensley, 33. Reed made no ruling on the validity of Bellissimo's claims. She obtained a stalking civil protection order Jan. 16 after alleging that Hensley, her ex-boyfriend, threatened violence to himself, her and her current boyfriend.

Reed asked whether Bellissimo was concerned about lifting the gun restriction from that order.

But she said it was OK for Hensley to have a gun again because, "I thought he might hurt himself, and at this point, I (couldn't) care less if he does."

Hensley, of Liberty Township, resigned last month rather than face possibly being fired for 17 alleged violations of police department rules. He was accused of violent, suicidal behavior - accusations related to an alleged extramarital affair with Bellissimo.

`Real World' star to speak

Danny Roberts, from MTV's reality show Real World: New Orleans, will speak 8 p.m. March 24 at Xavier University's Cintas Center.

Tickets, $7, can be purchased at the Cintas Center box office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or call (513) 745-3411, ext. 7.

His local appearance is sponsored by the Xavier Alliance, a university-sponsored club that provides a place for people of all sexual orientations to meet and discuss the challenges surrounding sexual orientation within the teaching of the Catholic church.

Sycamore teachers' union specifies terms

The Sycamore Education Association (SEA) on Thursday announced the terms of the tentative agreement that was reached between the SEA and the Sycamore Community Schools' Board of Education on Wednesday.

The four items that have changed since the teachers' rejected the board's last offer Feb. 13 are:

• A salary increase of 4 percent each year for three years retroactive for this school year.

• A compensation stipend for a top rating on the Ohio Department of Education's annual Report Card.

• The board agreed to increase the amount for coverage above the insurance cap, and both teams have tentatively accepted the insurance benefits package language.

• The board agreed to the withdrawal of litigation language concerning unfair labor practices.

A general membership meeting to answer questions will be held Wednesday at the high school.

Voting will take place Thursday.

Children get free dental work today

From Milford to Crestview Hills to Rising Sun, hundreds of Tristate children will be among nearly 1 million needy children nationwide getting free dental check-ups and cleanings today as part of National Children's Dental Access Day.

The annual charity campaign is sponsored by the American Dental Association, Procter & Gamble and other organizations.

Local participants include six dental programs in Cincinnati plus services in Batavia, Milford, Crestview Hills and Rising Sun.

For information, call the Cincinnati Dental Society at 984-3443; the Northern Kentucky Dental Society (859) 331-2666; or the First District Dental Society in southeast Indiana at (812) 469-3584.

Trust fund set for train victim

A trust fund has been set up at Fifth Third Bank for James Brown, 18, who was killed in a train accident Monday in Woodlawn.

Lisa Brown, his mother and a single parent, said she did not have insurance on her son and cannot afford a funeral.

Woodlawn police said James Brown was hit by a CSX train about 10 a.m. Monday as he walked north on the CSX tracks.

Contributions may be made to any Fifth Third Bank branch.