As I suspected (read "feared"), the original report made to The Detroit Police
did not contain the descriptions or serial numbers of the stolen trumpets. I
gave them to the officer or volunteer on the phone but they, for whatever
reason, neglected to include the info on the report. Consequently, the horns
were never put into LEIN nor did the info make it NCIC. There's nothing out
there showning my horns were ever considered stolen. The lister has every
legal right to have them in his possesion. My only legal recourse is to buy
back my horns. He's already sold the picc (the one I wanted back the most)
and the E3L is relisted on ebay for more than I can afford.
The short version of all this is....
I GOT SCREWED!!! 
Paul