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Just when I thought I couldn't get any stupider.
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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 708751" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>My advice is the same. I agree, it's not exactly doing him any good to not file a police report...but I understand you not wanting to. I DO think you should tell him. If you have proof of his theft, tell him so and tell him if another PENNY leaves your account, you will call the police and report it. Point out that this is not a misdemeanor, I believe that forgery is a felony in every state and the monetary amount is certainly high enough. Heck, in my state it would be a separate count of forgery for EVERY check. That's a LONG prison term if they add them together. At a minimum...SCARE him. Even if you are willing (able?) to pay the money he's stolen, let him know it will NEVER happen again.</p><p></p><p>When our money went missing...I told my son to pack a bag and get out of my house that minute and Jabber got him a suitcase. I didn't ask where he was going. He had been warned that he would be out and we'd press charges. Of course, we did not press charges but we let him know that the only reason was it was cash and there was no real proof because of that. In truth...I just couldn't face it. He was told he would never live with us again. We stood by that except for a short time when he had an apartment fire and was homeless because of that.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, there is nothing that hurts more than having your child steal from you. I know how violated I felt...like some pervert had been rifling through my undies...knowing he'd gone in our room LOOKING for something to steal. The money had been pretty well hidden. So please don't think any of us don't understand. Many of us have had our hearts broken just the same.</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/notalone.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":notalone:" title="notalone :notalone:" data-shortname=":notalone:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 708751, member: 17309"] My advice is the same. I agree, it's not exactly doing him any good to not file a police report...but I understand you not wanting to. I DO think you should tell him. If you have proof of his theft, tell him so and tell him if another PENNY leaves your account, you will call the police and report it. Point out that this is not a misdemeanor, I believe that forgery is a felony in every state and the monetary amount is certainly high enough. Heck, in my state it would be a separate count of forgery for EVERY check. That's a LONG prison term if they add them together. At a minimum...SCARE him. Even if you are willing (able?) to pay the money he's stolen, let him know it will NEVER happen again. When our money went missing...I told my son to pack a bag and get out of my house that minute and Jabber got him a suitcase. I didn't ask where he was going. He had been warned that he would be out and we'd press charges. Of course, we did not press charges but we let him know that the only reason was it was cash and there was no real proof because of that. In truth...I just couldn't face it. He was told he would never live with us again. We stood by that except for a short time when he had an apartment fire and was homeless because of that. In my opinion, there is nothing that hurts more than having your child steal from you. I know how violated I felt...like some pervert had been rifling through my undies...knowing he'd gone in our room LOOKING for something to steal. The money had been pretty well hidden. So please don't think any of us don't understand. Many of us have had our hearts broken just the same. :notalone: [/QUOTE]
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