Cleaning lady steals from me -- can I go to the cops?

[IggyWH]

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PS please don't tell me it's only $1000 and I should just drop it, if I don't have anything to worry about.

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That's exactly what I'm saying. While she actually did the bad deed, YOU are also resonsible. You hired her, and you obviously don't know much about her from your post.

Be more careful when hiring someone like this that can go and do anything in your house. Your lucky it wasn't worse, and with only $200 stolen goods "proof", just take this as a lesson learned and move on.