Shake Down Break Down You're Busted!

Now that school is back in full swing Adam is back to his old tricks. Yesterday morning we was walking around the house with a flashlight that no longer had batteries. On the way home after school, the MIL took him by Mandy's office per the usual. Mandy noticed him playing with the flashlight and asked him how it got from the house to the car without going to school in between. He immediately fessed up that he'd put it in his pocket on the way out the door. No idea what he was doing all day with a broken flashlight, but still that point is the same....should I really have to shake down my 6 year old before he leaves for school every morning?