On a side note, don’t rely on the cops to be of much help because I basically pointed out to them who the perpetrators were and gave them a lot of evidence but their reply was “you know they did it, we know they did it but there is not beyond a reasonable doubt evidence for criminal prosecution”
If your nephews owed them $2, they would scorch the earth in order to squeeze it out of them. Stopping crime is not in the best interest of police. It would be like a window seller trying to stop people who break windows.
I know of a case where a neighbor kid was cutting open the soft top of a convertible car, and stealing the radio. This happened over and over again, each time within a week of repairs being done. Naturally, the victim eventually set up a video camera that showed the kid coming out of the house next door, cutting the soft top of the car's roof, climbing in, climbing out with the radio, and then going back into the house next door. Any moron could see clearly who the kid was, so the victim took the video to his local police station and showed it to the detectives there.
You know what they said? They don't have enough funding to hire the officers needed to investigate petty crime!
So, disappointed, the victim got into his shredded car, and began the drive home. As he turned onto the street in front of his house a police car turned on its lights and followed him into his driveway, and then the officer gave him a fine for not using his turn signal! It suddenly became blurred, yet again, who the real thieves are.
The only thing that's certain is that you're always going to be the loser, and your "protection" isn't there to protect you.