Almost hate to post this on *this* thread, but will do it anyway.
Shawn had his bike stolen from Devlin's front porch, 10 months after his kidnapping, and reported it to the police, who followed up and came to see him.
It was a new bike, not the one he was riding when last seen, and speculation is that it might have been a birthday present from the kidnapper.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/E0E8B6242F99BF7E862572690017A8AC?OpenDocument
The article makes it sound like they were there investigating another stolen bike when they were informed that Shawn's bike was missing, as the officer was leaving. The officer spoke to both Shawn & his "father" Devlin.