Find My iPad

Father and son track down Theif using ' Find My iPad'

A New Zealand father and son duo tracked down their stolen iPad , using the device's "Find My iPad" function.

            Cris and Markham Phillips were enjoying a meal in a Nelson ,Nz restaurant when they returned to the parkinh lot to find their car had been ransacked and cash , glasses and an iPad were missing.

            The i[phone located the stolen iPad in one of the nearby suburbs. The pair set off to get their ios device back calling police on the way.

            The find my ipad feature apparently led chris and markham to ahouse "full of suspicious sunglass wearing scoundrels" one whom ended up escaping in a black BMW. at this point , the ipad appeared to be turned off and no longer tracking .

Thinking quickly ,the Phillips family set the iPad to "lost" mode and sent a message to the device reading,"it's small town we've seen you , your car,and your friends.Drop the bag and iPad at Countdown by the warehouse by 5 pmtomorrow and we'll leave the cops out of it."

              Somewhat miracously , the ended up getting the ipad back altough plice wound up arresting theif, who has since rmanded in custody.

"The fact that technology allows us and affords us to track our own stolen property is fantastic" said police sergeant Jo Managh" it helped us to locate and recover it back it to hte victim."