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BALTIMORE

Police continue search for parents of baby girl

Two days after a baby girl was found abandoned in a Washington Hill neighborhood alley, Baltimore police are still trying to find her parents.

The girl, believed to be between 8 months and 2 years, is in the custody of Child Protective Services and has been placed in foster care.

Representatives from the Baltimore Department of Social Services are planning to go to Baltimore City Circuit Court today to obtain a judge's order to formally place the girl in the department's care and to get authorization to release a photograph of the girl to the media.

"We're hoping that somebody will identify her, maybe someone has been away from home for the weekend," said Sue Fitzsimmons, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore Department of Social Services.

The girl was found Saturday morning in the 100 block of N. Wolfe St. She was in a stroller and wearing a pink-and-white hooded sweat shirt and blue jeans, and her hair was braided.

- Laura Cadiz

BALTIMORE

City officer set to go on trial in abduction, sexual assault

A city police officer is scheduled go on trial today on charges that he abducted and sexually assaulted a woman in a vacant building last year.

Officer Keith A. Jennings has been free on $250,000 bail since a grand jury indicted him Feb. 26, 2004. He was charged with a first-degree sex offense, kidnapping, false imprisonment and misconduct in office.

Jennings is accused of handcuffing an 18-year-old woman on a street in South Baltimore, forcing her into a house and sexually assaulting her, according to police.

Jennings is to appear today before city Circuit Judge Paul E. Alpert. Assistant State's Attorney Tammy Griffin-Lawman will prosecute the case.

ESSEX

Meeting today on plans for homes at Kingsley Park

There will be a meeting for community members as part of the planning process for new homes on the 18-acre site of the former Kingsley Park apartments, Baltimore County officials said.

A public meeting will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Mars Estates Elementary School, 1500 Homberg Ave. It is the first of six meetings to be held through June 6.

BALTIMORE

Polish festival to feature food, crafts, entertainment

The Showcase of Nations Polish Festival will be held this weekend in Patterson Park.

The festival will be open from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The opening ceremony is at 7 p.m. Friday.