sprint cell phone stolen help please.?

[godavygo]

someone stole my wife's cell phone tonight,
if i call the Sprint (NYSE: S) store and report it stolen, can they put out an apb on the serial number on the phone? so if anybody else tries to activate it, it will come up as stolen?

[confused.com child]

i do believe you can although tey can reset it and it wont depending on the phone type you can