Woman charged in abduction of girl from Philly school

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police say a 19-year-old woman has been charged in the abduction of a 5-year-old girl from her Philadelphia elementary school last month.

Special Victims Unit Capt. John Darby says Christina Regusters was charged Thursday night with kidnapping, conspiracy, aggravated assault, rape, and other offenses.

Police say she was one of four people questioned Thursday who live in a home several blocks from Bryant Elementary School in west Philadelphia.

The girl was taken out of her classroom at the school on Jan. 14 by a woman who posed as the girl's mother. The child was found early the next morning at a playground about a mile from the school, shivering and wearing only a T-shirt.

A telephone listing for Regusters could not immediately be found. It wasn't clear if she had an attorney.

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