@atomicpoet Is it a "lost cause" - according to them - because they don't have enough agents to go and fetch the thief, or don't consider such an event as something important?

A couple of years ago, I succeeded in getting my hands back on a $50 phone - that shouldn't have been a worry for anybody - just thanks to a friend who was connected with a private security company. They probably had "more time" for that than the State police...