Otto,
Glad to here that you were not injured.
As a former police officer I am hoping that you did make a police report. They cannot find what they don't know is missing. Another question i would ask you is, do you have any young family members or friends of family members that would have knowledge of your property, your belongings and possibly your daily routine? It was my experience in 25yrs of police work, 7 out 10 times it was an inside job. And as someone already mentioned usually they steel those type of items to resell or trade for drugs. Many times in my career we would recover items during raids which we knew were stolen items. But with no report from victims no way to return or identify where they came from. One investigation and take down of a drug supplier we recovered two tractor trailer loads of just the type of item that were stolen from your shop. Most of which never got returned to the owners. So I am sure you get my point. Most things I have marked with my Driver license number. I either stamp it, write it with a sharpie pen or engrave it.
I would hope that the department that investigated your theft will be vigilant. I you dont hear from them. Call them for updates. As with most departments they are most likely short on man power. I know people dont like to here that but its the reality. And it has nothing to do with the current state of affairs in this country. Its been that way long before defund the police and COVID and anything else form our past.
Lastly if I can help you out with anything let me know.
