Vacation-Home Burglars Caught In Nearby Sonoma Valley: Sheriff

SONOMA VALLEY, CA — Two women accused of breaking into a vacation home Wednesday in Sonoma Valley were also suspected of child abuse, the sheriff's office said.

Savannah Waldman, 35, and Vanessa Marie Large, 33, were caught when the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office got a call from "an alert neighbor saw several women walking in and out of a vacation home that did not belong to them," the sheriff's office said.

Deputies responded and saw Waldman, Large and a 13-year-old girl "moving between the main home and a guest house on the property," sheriff's officials said.

The women had their car parked on the Sperring Road property and told deputies they were checking on the home for the owner; however, they did not know the owner's name, according to the sheriff's office.

It is alleged that deputies found items from the vacation home stacked near the front door, as well as checks, credit cards and other items stolen from numerous vehicles in the Sonoma and Valley area.

Waldman and Large were booked into Sonoma County jail on suspicion of burglary, conspiracy, child abuse and theft-related charges.

The 13-year-old was booked into Juvenile Hall.

A sheriff's detectives worked to return all the stolen property to the rightful owners, Large and Waldman remained behind bars Thursday with their bail set at $50,000 bail each.