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a 'mrwr't s. il A wSSwSrSSSBSSwS3S CITY Drug Suspect Dying of AIDS Held protection of the community. The papers said that Nukutos crimes do not depend on mobility and physical agility. As long as he can use a telephone, he is a threat." In many cases where prisoners with acquired immune deficiency syndrome have been released for humanitarian reasons, the papers said, the charges have been less serious. If Nukutos had been released on his own recognizance or the charges dropped, he probably would stay at Bellevue, but Joyner said it would be easier for her to visit her son.

Nukutos Legal Aid attorney, Susan Ketchum, said she might attempt further legal moves to free Nukutos. out of a warehouse complete with lab equipment to manufacture the drug, and also sold weapons. Nukutos, the papers said, has a violent, 20-year-long criminal history, although a spokes-mn for the district attorney declined to itntm'l hj criminal birpnim Joyner termed the judges decision a miscarriage of justice. She said her son suffers from Kaposis sarcoma, an AIDS-related cancer that has turned his arms black. Nukutos said yesterday that he also has contracted tuberculosis.

Acknowledging that Nukutos is terminally ill and that justice requires attention to his illness, the papers said the threat to society" posed by Nukutos is buttressedby a what-have-I-got-to-lose attitude requires the wmfimJ to Bikers TlnH Hes so bad that its doubtful hell ever leave the hospital, said his mother, Virginia Joyner. And even if he did, hes not going to get any The citys still trying to pursue the case of a (lying man. They wont let go of him." He was returned to the hospital most recently on Oct. 12, and a Department of Correction guard has been posted outside his room, Ryles said. Egitto based his decision on court par presented Tuesday by the Brook-district attorneys office, that portrayed Nukutos as a major manufacturer of synthetic narcotics who still poses a threat to society.

According to court documents, the manufacture ofPCP was Nukutos primary occupation. They said he worked By David Holmberg Rigas Nukutos, under indictment on drug charges and dying of AIDS at Bellevue Hospital, was denied release this week by a Brooklyn judge because of his potential threat to society. State Supreme Court Justice Francis Egitto maintained Nukutos bail at $75,000 on Tuesday and refused to release Nukutos on his own recognizance. Nukutos, 39, was indicted in July, 1987, on eight counts of criminal possession of controlled substances and forgery devices and criminal possession of a firearm, according to Ruby Ryles, spokeswoman for the city Department iof Correction. Nukutos has been in and out of Bdle-ie for the past year when not being Despite Evidence, Accuseds Release From Jail Delayed HwiJq Ortw Uuhsmmsd Air Traffic Control William Guy, 2, takes the catbird seat as he helps his baby sitter.

Carmine Gonzalez, feed the pigeons in Union Square By Carol Polsky and Joseph W. Queen A Queens judge decided yesterday to keep an accused murderer behind bars until prosecutors figure out whether they have charged the wrong man. State Supreme Court Justice John J. Leahy gave prosecutors another two weeks to determine whether to bring William (Red) Gergel to trial for a triple murder or drop the charges. Despite a prosecutors admission that, another man may have committed the crime, Leahy refused to set bail for Gergel, 62, a career criminal whose arrest record dates back to 1943 and who was paroled in 1985 after serving seven years for murder.

I didnt do this one and it hurts to still be here, Gergel said yesterday from the Queens House of Detention. I really had hopes of walking out. Gergels lawyer, Marvyn Komberg, called the continued detention an out- rage," and said, I think its an absolute disgrace that the district attorney of Queens County cant get up and say Weve got the wrong man. Gergel has been held without bail since hue was arrested on June 6, 1987, a day after a triple murder at a mom-and-pop liquor store in Jackson Heights. Alfred Romaniello, 65; his wife, Martha, 63; and customer Mohinder Singh were taken into a bathroom at Romaniellos Morrone Liquor Store and shot to death.

However, prosecutors have uncovered new evidence that points to Lawrence Condon, an Attica inmate who was identified by eyewitnesses in a lineup held on Tuesday. Condon currently is serving 2 Vi to 4 years on a weapons conviction, but was free at the time of the killings. The investigation is at a very sensitive stage, Assistant District Attorney James Quinn told the judge, who granted a 16th postponement in the case to give investigators more time. Sources in the district attorneys office conceded yesterday that the case against Gergel is weak. Even if he did commit the crime, we have no way of proving it, one official said.

The official said that District Attorney John Santucci had been ready to release Gergel, but changed his mind late Wednesday night and instead told Quinn to request the postponement. Gergel said yesterday in a telephone interview that he has known Condon since 1959, when they were both prisoners at the state prison in Green Haven. Gergel said he didnt see Condon again until they were both locked up last year in the Queens House of Detention. Because of my record, I cant get a fair shake, Gergel said. Theres no way they can say I done this crime, he This one wasnt me.

Koch Cuomo Bond on the Bridge By Molly Gordy Gov. Mario Cuomo and Mayor Edward I. Koch ascended the deceit Williamsburg Bridge yesterday to dramatize the need for passage of the $3- billion transportation bond issue, most of it dedicated for highway repairs. They were buoyed by a new statewide poll that indicates the bond act which would be the largest voter-approved borrowing in the states history will pass 2-1 next week. They were annoyed by reporters who wanted to know why only 1 percent of the $30 million would be going to repair the Williamsburg Bridge when city officials estimate they will need at least $350 million to fully restore the 87-year-old bridge.

The I April 12 for 110 days of City Transportation Commit Rosa BandW said yesterday that the 79-year-old Manhattan Bridge would receive $60 million of the braid issue fund and the Queensboro and Brooklyn Bridges would receive none. State transportation officials said last month that they need at least $70 million to replace the lower deck of the 81-year-old Queensboro Bridge. The bridge has the lowest condition rating of any motor bridge in the city, according to Department of Transportation records released last year. The state, city and federal transportation departments estimate it will take at least $800 million to restore the citys toll-free East River bridges. The Automobile Chib of America yesterday asked voters to reject the bond issue aa fiscally irresponsible.

A dub spokesman, James McGowan, said the $3-billion braid would cost taxpayers $6 billion when debt service is factored in. violently. There are other bridges that have problems in this city, and the city has lots of other problems! Asked why the news conference for the bond issue was being held on the bridge, Cuomo replied: Because it makes a better picture. A highway and bridge bond issue for $1.25 billion passed narrowly in 1984, thanks primarily to city and Long Island voters. Under an agreement worked out earlier this year, the city and Long Island would get 46 percent of the money or $690 million each if the new issue is approved.

The bulk of the citys share $490 million would be used by the state to repair elevated highways such as the Brooklyn -Queens and Bruckner Expressways, and the FDR Drive. Hie remaining $200 million will be granted to the city to repair more than 900 bridges deemed in critical need of repair. Why are you so hung up on the East River bridges? Koch shouted, gripping a reporters hands and shaking them r. vy i. k.

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