Firstly, I have never had anything taken out of my clients homes, nor have I or any of my cleaning ladies ever been accused of theft. We have been cleaning for the member since August 8, 2009, on an every-other-Friday schedule. She was usually never there. She would leave the back door unlocked and the check lying on the table. On occasion she would be at the home and be working in her office. I myself was regularly with the cleaning crew until March 2010, when I hired a supervisor to oversee the cleaning. The supervisor is the only one who has access to files, keys and codes to the garages and alarm systems. Outside of my company, others who we know to have access to the home when the member is not available are her two teenage sons and their friends who come and go from the home unattended. The member had often left her back door unlocked for one of her sons to facilitate his entry after school. On Friday, March 30, 2012, the member canceled her cleaning appointment at the last minute and rescheduled for Monday, April 2, 2012. She gave as a reason for her cancellation the arrival of visitors for the weekend and wanted the cleaning done after their departure. My ladies showed up to clean between 11:00 and 11:30 am that morning. When they arrived, the crew noticed something was amiss. Instead of her normally kind greeting to them, she yanked the door open, ushered them end and looked angry. The member went immediately to the back yard and began pacing around the lawn. She has an open kitchen that looks toward the family room and the master bedroom. Several times during the appointment, she came in the house, walked into master bedroom, stared at the crew without speaking, then went back outside. The supervisor and the ladies said that she was very angry the whole time they were at the home. They remained under her constant scrutiny while in the home Once the cleaning appointment was over, my ladies left the member's house without incident. Later that evening, I received a call from police officer Matt Moore of our local police department. He placed me on speaker phone. The member was present with the officer. She then said to me that one of the ladies who work for me stole items from her home. She reported her wedding band, a coin ring and 1 diamond earring out of her jewelry box as missing. She stated that she took her wedding ring off at 10:00 pm the night before we got there. I ask her where it was located. She said that it has always sat on her dresser in the master bedroom. That is when I contacted my supervisor Maria. Maria denied seeing any of the missing items, taking them herself or seeing any of our crew taking them, or having anything to do with anything missing prior to their arrival. Maria then detailed to me the actions and attitudes of the member upon their arrival to clean. I called the member, explained that my crew had denied any involvement in theft that obviously occurred before the appointment, and suggested to her that she should check with other people who may have access to her home. She responded that her doors are always locked…except when they are not. She then stated that at least her alarm is always activated. Neither of these statements appears true according to what we have witnessed over three years of blemish-free service. The member then hired a private investigator. This is when she started behaving even more oddly. She began texting me at all hours, demanding me to turn over the employee files of the five people who were in her home on that day to her and the investigator. She stated she would then “tell me who she thought stole it”. I refused because I was cooperating with the police investigation and would provide employee files to anyone who might hinder that investigation. Besides that, her ridiculous demand flies in the face of presumed innocence and casts serious doubt on her objectivity in this matter. She kept calling with odd statements and accusations and sending me bizarre text messages. On one occasion, the member declared that I was going to spend up to 99 years in the state penitentiary! But her absurdity didn’t end there. In one of our conversations, I asked her if the Keller police department had the area dusted for fingerprints. She confirmed that they had indeed done so, but she sounded suspicious. I then called Detective Moore and asked him about the fingerprint search. He stated that they had never dusted anything in her home. Having had enough of the members wild accusations and increasingly alarming behavior, I acquired a criminal attorney with Dunham & Jones, 1110 East Weatherford St, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. I handed over the crew’s names, addresses and telephone numbers to the District Attorney. The case went before the Grand Jury on April 24, 2012, and there was no evidence of any wrongdoing by either my company or my workers. Later, the member then turned to making misleading statements to the Better Business Bureau. According to her statement to them, she had her wedding ring on immediately before the cleaning crew arrived and that she only noticed it missing after they left. Her own actions on that day, and her later statements to the police detective, conflict with this report to the BBB. She went on to falsely claim that even more jewelry was missing, (though never reported to the police), that I had offered then reneged on paying for her missing wedding ring, (I did neither), and that I refused to cooperate with the police, (court records prove otherwise). I have a long and spotless track record with my company, and I have an honest, loyal crew of ladies with whom I am completely supportive. These ladies do not steal. We provide top quality service to our customers, and will at every opportunity be professional and honest…this is my 100% commitment to my clients. Regardless of whether or not this was a shakedown attempt against a forthright business, or an attempt to lay blame at the feet of someone, (or ethnic group), in order to misdirect suspicion away from those closer to home, we have proven our innocence in court. We are still dedicated to doing the best job we can, and look forward to continuing our service to our members for years to come.