SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A Vallejo woman accused of stealing a California Highway Patrol car was in a San Francisco courtroom Thursday facing felony charges in another case for driving a stolen vehicle linked to a home invasion in Vallejo.
Vanessa Guerrero, 27, pleaded not guilty to receiving stolen property and unlawful driving or taking of a vehicle. San Francisco police said she was arrested on Feb. 6 after she was allegedly seen exiting a stolen vehicle. Prosecutors said that the vehicle was taken during a home invasion burglary hours earlier in Vallejo.
Maria Cleberg-Dickstein and her husband and child were asleep during the home invasion. She said she’s happy to have her husband’s truck back, but the thieves got away with a lot more than just the truck.
“My husband has a work vehicle that belongs to his company he works for, and we have our own personal vehicle, and they were able to take both of those because they had the keys from inside of our house,” Cleberg-Dickstein said.