Several years ago I discovered a neighbor kid stealing crap from folks that lived around him, myself included. I called the cops at my wife's request. I was going to have a man to man talk with him, but my wife convinced me that I would probably be the one that ended up in jail.

The cops showed up, mom let them in to search his room and they found all kinds of stuff that was missing. They also found evidence that he was selling stuff to a local pawn shop. The cased the pawn shop out and found that the owner was hiring high school students to steal certain items for him. Several kids were arrested, the pawn shop owner was arrested, and no more stuff went missing from my neighborhood after that.

My point is that, yes, I think you should press charges. Many times these pawn shop owners know or highly suspect stuff is stolen. They don't care. If it starts affecting thier bottom line, maybe they'll start to care. In my case, the owner was not only aware, he was just as guilty as the thief.

Az