Pregnant Teacher Carjacked Near Villa Cresta Elementary: Police

PARKVILLE, MD — A pregnant teacher was carjacked at Villa Cresta Elementary School on Friday, according to police. Authorities said that four girls who are believed to be teens took a phone and purse from the teacher and drove off, two of them in the teacher's car.

The teacher is in the early stages of pregnancy and was taken to the hospital to be evaluated by a doctor after the incident, officials said, adding she was determined to have been uninjured.

Police said the four teens had been buzzed into the school in the 2600 block of Rader Avenue, where they spoke with staff in the office and said they were seeking information about registering a child for school.

After they left, they approached a teacher who was in the parking lot walking from school to her vehicle, then knocked her cell phone from her hand, officials reported. When the teacher turned to run, she fell and dropped her purse, which the girls took along with the purse, which contained car keys, police said.

Two of the suspects took the black 2013 Kia Sportage while the other two left in a vehicle they arrived in, officials reported.

The Baltimore County Police Department's carjackingteam is investigating.

File photo by Elizabeth Janney.