I know just how you feel. I got robbed twice the first year I lived here. First they got my new pressure washer and a few months later they took some power tools. I got the power tools back after I found them in a pawn shop and threatened to call my FBI friends when the local detective tried to tell me he couldn't do anything because I didn't have serial numbers recorded on the police report. I still ended up having to wait till the thief brought the money back to the pawn shop! Turned out the thief walked along the RR tracks past my place almost every day on his way to town. I caught up with him on the tracks one day and let him know that next time he was in my sight I would shoot him and bury him deep with my Bobcat. If the cops wouldn't put him in jail, I would fix the problem myself. Never did see him again, but did hear that he was busted again over drugs.
One thing the Arabs have right.... Get caught stealing...lose your hand. Just think of the Billions we could save in prison costs!
Rick