Jennifer Lynn Dickerson Flees Courthouse After Guilty Verdict is Rendered

Jennifer Lynn Dickerson fled the Redwood City courthouse after a guilty plea was handed down from the jury after a five day trial.

After deliberating for just under two hours, the jury returned and handed Judge Barbara Mallach two guilty pleas: one for residential burglary and the other for felony car theft.

Instead of immediately ruling on a motion made by prosecution after the guilty please to have bail revoked and the defendant remain in custody, the court instead took a morning  break. Dickerson used this break to flee the courthouse. Her attorney, Steve Newbould, refused to comment on the situation.

After a half hour of waiting for Dickerson to return, the court forfeited the posted bail and issued a bench warrant for Dickerson's arrest.

The trial lasted for five days, concluding today in a guilty verdict for Dickerson. Dickerson fled the courthouse before any sentencing could be handed down by Judge Mallach.

At yesterday's trial, Department of Motorvehicle witness, Samantha Dal Porto, a fingerprint expert who testified to the prints inside the car eblonging to Dickerson, spoke to the jury, along with the investigating officr Jeff McCourtie, who said he saw Dickerosn inside the stolen vehicle.

McCourtie also testified that Dickerson was having mechanical problems with her own car at the time.

Dickerson was arrested on October 27, 2008 for breaking into a San Carlos home and stealing a 1995 Gold Lexus along with a laptop computer.

The trial heard five days of testmiomy from witnesses, experts, officers, and the property owners, Steven Desedare and Randi Kutnewski. Desedare and Kutnewski refused to comment.

On October 27, 2008, Dickerson allegedly broke into the home of Desedare and Kutnewski, stole a laptop and a set of car keys, and then proceeded to steal their Lexus from the driveway.

A note – later determined to be handwritten by Dickerson – was left in the house's window asking about the sale of the car. The car was found by police soon after abandoned in a Daly City parking lot.

Dickerson's fingerprints were found inside the vehicle and her uniform from D&M Towing Company was found inside the car, as well. Dickerson had been fired from the tow company but had never returned her uniform.

Two of Dickerson's former colleagues from the tow company also testified in court. Dickerson had been out on custody on a $60,000 bail bond while awaiting judgment.