A former division chief in the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has gone from overseeing prosecutions to standing in front of a judge herself after pleading guilty to stealing a diamond bracelet from a misdelivered package and selling it online.
On April 1, 2026, the defendant was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, following an investigation by US Postal Service inspectors and local prosecutors. According to court records, the package was in her possession when the jewelry was advertised for sale.
Court records show that on May 31, 2025, a US Postal Service carrier accidentally sent a parcel containing approximately $40,000 in jewelry to former division chief Vanessa Hickman’s (also known as Vanessa Dailey) Phoenix condominium…