By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-12 18:10:42 | Updated at 2025-01-16 17:08:29
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Alleged car thief busted with help of dimwitted diary entry: ‘Totally stole a car today!’
NY Post ^ | 12/19/2024 | Natalie O'Neill
Posted on 01/12/2025 9:46:31 AM PST by simpson96
Dear diary, I’m totally going to jail today!
A Minnesota delivery driver was busted for auto theft because she wrote in her diary that she, “Totally stole a car today!” according to police.
Vanessa Guerra, 30, of Mankato, penned the brain-dead confessional on Aug. 12 — the same day a van was swiped and resold for parts nearby, according to a criminal complaint filed Nov. 22.
During the investigation, an officer allegedly found Guerra’s journal, which blabs about the vehicle heist in a tone fit for a ladies’ brunch.
“Totally stole a car today! Something I never thought of doing,” Guerra allegedly wrote in the entry, according to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. “F-cking superfreaking out about it.”
Guerra, who recently worked as a DoorDash driver, allegedly sold the 2004 Ford Freestar van for $2,000 at a scrap at a salvage business in Blue Earth county, according to the Smoking Gun, which was first to report the bizarre bust.
Workers at the auto salvage business told cops they recognized Guerra as the person who sold them the stolen ride, according to police.
When contacted by the investigator, Guerra denied knowing that the vehicle was stolen, according to according to Mankato The Free Press.
Guerra was charged with receiving stolen property and theft. She has reportedly been convicted of driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance in the past.
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1 posted on 01/12/2025 9:46:31 AM PST by simpson96
To: simpson96
Dear Diary: Totally going to jail!
2 posted on 01/12/2025 9:49:30 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Black guy upon receiving a MAGA hat: "MURICA!")
To: simpson96
Doesn’t the salvage company have to do a title check on the van?
3 posted on 01/12/2025 9:50:09 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
To: simpson96
4 posted on 01/12/2025 9:51:05 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (You might be in the wrong place if you miss the sarcasm.)
To: simpson96
Well, I guess it’s understandable that car thieves take a moment to reflect on their accomplishments...
So do the police.
Dear Diary. Today I helped put a car thief in jail...
It’s all good.
5 posted on 01/12/2025 9:53:03 AM PST by Beowulf9 ( )
To: simpson96
“Do Not pass Go...Go directly to jail.”
6 posted on 01/12/2025 9:53:30 AM PST by Sacajaweau
To: monkeyshine
That’s what i thought too. Around here if you’re selling copper, you need to wait a week to get paid.
Her last name is Spanish for “war.”
7 posted on 01/12/2025 9:54:13 AM PST by scrabblehack
To: monkeyshine
Maybe if she disassembled the car she could sell it piecemeal.
She wouldn’t get $2000 for it though.
8 posted on 01/12/2025 9:55:28 AM PST by scrabblehack
To: simpson96
We’ve been told that journaling is productive and important to our lives and the lives of our descendants. I guess you could say that, here...
9 posted on 01/12/2025 10:02:35 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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