The Kansas CW | Pregnant Woman Charged in Thefts Bound Over for Trial

They say she used her pregnancy to prey on people. Prosecutors say Nicole Bell used her expectant state as an excuse to get into home, and steal pain killers and money.

"I was upset about that somebody would take advantage of us like that, yes," said one victim Thursday morning.

It's a story Eyewitness News told you about last fall.

A pregnant woman asks for help when her car breaks down. A good samaritan lets her inside to use the phone. While she's inside, she steals pain killers and money.

In court, victims (who want their identities protected) told their story to a judge.

"We felt like, you know, somebody who is expecting shouldn't have to wait," explained one woman who says she let Nicole Bell into her home.

"She was pregnant," testified another woman. "So I let her in so she could use my phone, so she could get out of the rain."

A man testified, "a young pregnant girl with car trouble. I didn't give it a lot of thought."

At the preliminary hearing, prosecutors tried to show there was enough evidence for Nicole Bell to go to trial. They say the then-pregnant Bell used her expectant state to gain sympathy -- and access into homes.

One woman testified she was making dinner on a September evening. "My husband brought the young lady seated there (she pointed to Bell at the defendant's table) into the house, and said that her car had broken down, and she needed to use the phone."

Once inside, prosecutors say the mother-to-be shopped for things to steal.

The woman making dinner testified she was outside when she saw Bell moving inside her house. "When she was coming downstairs in her hand, she had money wadded in her hand. When I asked her what she was doing in the bedroom, she said she was looking for her keys."

She continued, "And then I asked her where she got the money, because when she came in the house, she didn't have anything like that in her hand."

Another woman testified she let the pregnant Bell in on a rainy October day. She said the woman used her cordless phone, and paced around the house while she made phone calls on it.

It was after she left that the woman discovered her prescription was missing. She testified, "I didn't know if something else, other things were missing, but I needed my medication."

A judge ruled there is enough evidence to bring the case to trial.  The jury trial is set for March.