Report: $1,000 in textbooks stolen from car in Rock Hill neighborhood

A trip to get a pizza ended with a Rock Hill woman having nearly $1,000 worth of textbooks stolen from her car, according to police.

Rock Hill officers say the 22-year-old called police on Tuesday night just before 9:30 to report a theft from her car which was parked on North Jones Avenue. The woman told police she’d left with a friend to pick up a pizza and when she returned, she saw her car door open.

According to a police incident report, three men were standing nearby and ran away when she approached them. The woman gave officers a description of the men and said one of them appeared to be hiding something under his jacket before fleeing the scene.

Officers set up a search perimeter and attempted to track the men with a K-9 unit, the police report states. No arrests were made but officers took fingerprints from the car door for evidence.

The woman reported her navy blue handbag with textbooks inside were stolen.

This story was originally published November 18, 2015 at 1:36 PM with the headline "Report: $1,000 in textbooks stolen from car in Rock Hill neighborhood."