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This is very strange. I seem to be having a similar problem, although the "intruder" doesn't do things like drink my coffee, etc. What happens is, I get bitten by their fleas! Or, at any rate, by the fleas off an animal they own. This makes me think that the intruder is the woman who lives just downstairs (in the apt. directly under me) with two cats. We know each other and she's basically the tricky type I know for a fact. (She's pulled some pranks around the building, such as setting a "mooning dwarf" statue out in the hall.)

I'm guessing she may have tricked the maintenance guy (who is, shall we say, one linoleum tile shy of a kitchen floor) out of my key some time ago and made a copy. Occasionally, a small item will be missing but it's the fleas that really get me angry. I will be asleep and all of a sudden feel a severe itching somewhere. Flea bites are really nasty and hang around for weeks -- that's how I can definitely tell what they are. Since I have no pets and don't generally hang around with people who do, they can't be coming from somewhere else.

Since I can't really "prove" anything, I've been reluctant to tell my landlady. Plus, every time I complain to her about something like this, instead of addressing the issue, she finds something to complain about ME! I'm also reluctant to involve the police, since this is a small town and I seriously doubt they'd accomplish anything except to make life more of a hassle for me.

One idea that's occurred to me is to buy a small surveillance camera and set it just inside the door in an upper corner. If the intruder is who I think it is, I'll definitely recognize her. Then a little threat to go to the police should be sufficient to stop the intrusions, I would think.