NPC’s keep pocketing objects / objects disappearing after

I noticed this happening since the beginning of July. In one situation, an unknown neighbor walked directly into the home on a brand new save without a greeting or invite and pocketed the embroidery box. A cheat was used to add the sim who picked up the object to the household with the idea that this sim would obviously still have the object in their pocket, but their inventory was empty. Did not check for kleptomaniac traits.

Another several instances of missing appliances (like a pizza oven, candy maker, tea kettles; anything sims can now pick up and players can click and drag in live mode). Decorations with the same capabilities, skill items like easels, and even the outdoor sales table. Random sims just keep pocketing them and it goes completely missing from their inventory (and the household inventory, which I assumed would be with them after I added them to the household).

I’ve caught several sims in the act of doing this, but most of the time I don’t even notice until later. It even happened with the butler pocketing stuff autonomously! I’ve bought 3 pizza ovens and I give up! The most recent offender was just now with another random townie (this one at least, a friend) grabbing a decorative jar and a zen garden off the mantle of the fireplace. She was added to household to check for the kleptomaniac trait (which she didn’t have) and the object, once again, completely disappeared from the game :(

Also, the eco-lifestyle neighborhood action plans are turned off for my game. “Sharing is caring” is not enacted and there should be no influence from any action plans regardless. This has taken place in a multitude of circumstances and seems to be a bug that is not exclusive to a certain lot or world. It has happened with mainly new saves (creations since mid-June) but I also haven’t played many old saves recently to check if it’s happening there. Definitely seems like a bug on behalf of the neighbors.

Almost forgot to mention there are no interactions available to confront the neighbor with the autonomous sticky fingers or to ask for the objects back. They literally seem to just disappear from existence. At best, an annoyance, but at worst, this has potential to ruin an in-game collection if the objects are not locked in a place that NPC’s can’t access.

I do typically use MCC, but had a solid week of play without any mods after the most recent large update, and the problem persisted.