2nd Teen Charged As Adult In Pregnant Teacher's Carjacking
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Another 16-year-old girl has been charged as an adult in the carjacking of the pregnant teacher outside a Maryland elementary school.
Baltimore County Police said Celandra Lace Lacruze of the 4000 block of Starbrook Circle in Randallstown will be charged as an adult with carjacking, robbery, and theft of auto. She is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on no bail status.
Lacruze is the last of four girls arrested in the carjacking of the teacher outside Villa Cresta Elementary School in Parkville.
"I think the most disturbing part is that these girls are so young," says Baltimore County Police spokesperson Officer Jennifer Peach.
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Authorities quickly identified the teens on April 20 when they were caught on surveillance video carjacking the teacher.
Charging documents obtained by WJZ say the teacher ran from the suspects but tripped and fell to the ground. Police say Lacruze then began punching her in the face repeatedly, despite the victim screaming she was pregnant.
During interviews, Lacruze says she thought the victim was lying about being pregnant.
"She then admits that she began to punch the teacher, the teacher attempted to defend herself," Peach said.
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In all, the four girls allegedly stole four cars from area schools and at each spot, they made up an excuse to get inside the building.
"Once they get past the office, then they go in search of employees purses, wallets, car keys," Peach said.
The crime spree wreaked havoc on the Baltimore area for weeks, with teenage girls -- all age 16 or younger -- pinned as the unlikely suspects.
"These are violent crimes, and they need to be handled just like we would handle them for an adult. This seems to be becoming a very juvenile-type crime, these carjackings do," Peach said.
Police didn't say what schools the girls attend but did say one of the teens has missed most of the school year.
Luckily, the teacher and her baby did not suffer any serious injuries.
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