{"id":293249,"date":"2026-09-24T20:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/293249\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T20:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:36:08","slug":"missing-baltimore-city-schools-teacher-arrested-in-pennsylvania-in-crime-involving-a-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/293249\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Baltimore City Schools teacher arrested in Pennsylvania in crime involving a minor"},"content":{"rendered":"

BALTIMORE (WBFF) \u2014 A Baltimore City Public Schools teacher who was reported missing was arrested over the weekend in Pennsylvania for a crime involving a minor, the school system confirmed to FOX45 News Thursday.<\/p>\n

Following his arrest, Rogie Lagaspi, a seventh-grade science teacher at Hamilton Elementary\/Middle School, was placed on administrative leave.<\/p>\n

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Lagaspi started working at Hamilton Elementary\/Middle School on July 1, 2026, according to a Baltimore City Public Schools spokesperson.<\/p>\n

He has worked for the school system since 2008.<\/p>\n

The school system has not identified any complaints against Lagaspi in BCPS’ Fair Practices\/Office of Legal Counsel, according to school officials.<\/p>\n

In a letter to the school community on Tuesday, Principal Natasha Pouncey said she’s unable to share additional details due to “employee privacy laws and the court proceedings.”<\/p>\n

Pouncey also said currently the school district doesn’t have information that Lagaspi’s alleged crime involved any current or former City Schools students.<\/p>\n

“Our primary focus remains on supporting our students and maintaining a consistent learning environment,” Pouncey added.<\/p>\n

People with concerns about interactions involving their student should call School Police at 410-396-8588.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BALTIMORE (WBFF) \u2014 A Baltimore City Public Schools teacher who was reported missing was arrested over the weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-293249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}