I heard of a situation like this.
It's sad but the police were also not interested.
So the guy went to Walmart, bought a throw away cel phone with cash, and made a urgent 911 call describing how he saw a guy being stabbed in the storage facility where the stolen bike was being kept, and quickly hung up.
Then he cleaned the phone and tossed it.
The police quickly arrived and upon not finding anyone stabbed they left without checking for stolen property
So, the next day he did the same thing only this time he said someone was shot..
Well the police did arrive and apparently got the hint because they started snooping around and found several stolen items including the bike.
The good news was the guy got his bike back.
The bad news is he got caught for making the 911 calls.
He ended up getting some community service time.