good pointI would be willing to bet that those guy frequent that bww. I would hang out on a Friday or Saturday night and see if they show up.
Its pretty sad that its now universally accepted that you don't leave your collector car parked out in public unattended. I can leave a brand new 45k SUV anywhere and not think about it but park a 20k GN or even a 5k Mustang and it attracts the vandals and theives. WTF is with that?
There are some good options for you that others have posted. Some not so legal, but fun for you. From the cop side I'll be brutally honest, most likely very little will be done. With smaller budgets, priority on investigations will go to felony, then gross misdemeanor, then misdemeanor crimes. Of those, priority will go to crimes against person first, then crimes against property. Yours would be the lowest of those, misdemeanor property crime. It sucks, but it's the way departments are managed by the city or county & the court system. It sucks on our end (we get our cars vandalized & broken into also). I've caught a number of vandals & people breaking into cars, all got probation or very minor fines (ie no punishment). I can't even track for those type of crimes or I can be disciplined or sued. It depends tho on the department & the case load. The reason they didn't DNA swab anything is it's not a high enough of a priority. Most states barely have enough of a budget to test all DNA on felonies & maintain a DNA database.Keep us posted. Might I suggest you do a little leg work youself and get a hold of both the mall and the restaurant and ask that they secure copies of the surveillance footage. You don't know how long they hold the tape before it gets recycled. It could be as little as 24 hours. I wouldn't want to see potentail evidence disappear. You have no idea how long before the cops follow-up on YOUR case. Just a suggestion.