It really bothers me that there isn't much to be done... My motorcycle was stolen from my apartment complex back in '06. Arvada PD came, took down a report, and a few weeks later it was recovered, totaled, out SE of Parker... nothing came of it, and nothing much could be done. The Parker PD officer told me that since the property was recovered there was nothing else that could be done. Next bike I own I'm putting a 2-way alarm on it...
J- that sucks what happened, glad it's not too terribly expensive to fix. Even though it still is infuriating that some asshat is forcing you to have to spend money. It would be great if it came back around to these punks shortly thereafter, but Karma sometimes moves too slow, though.