According to Yaki Dayan, after visiting a cemetery, he found his car window smashed and bag gone.
"After the initial shock, I start to assess the damage. Credit cards can be blocked. Chequebooks can be cancelled. But my iPad - what about my iPad", he wrote in his blog.
"When I call my wife to tell her the bad news, it hits me. I can find my iPad I ask my daughter Vered to log in to my MobileMe account, and within few minutes I hear the good news - the blue dot is active, my iPad is on the map", he said.
Later - "the ten mile chase is over. I'm now facing a long building, and Vered is very sure of herself. The iPad is on the far end corner of the building", he added.
After contacting the police several times during his case, who told him to stop his chase and file a complaint at the nearest police station, Yaki says he has a result:
"Finally, they agree to assist. A policewoman and her assistant arrive, and we stand next to the apartment's doors", he said, adding that, after his daughter hit the remote alarm button, the police can hear an alarm sounding from one of the apartments.
After banging on the doors, the alarm sound faded away and Yaki's daughter said that the iPad was on the move again.
This time it had not gone far, as the owner and the police found the tablet computer in the bushes.
"The policewoman is shocked. She calls her supervisor to tell him that the unbelievable just happened. The story is real. This lunatic person, that claimed that the iPad is in this site, is correct", said Yaki in his blog.
Infosecurity notes that, sadly, the police - after asking for a demo of the iPad - left the scene as they could not enter the apartment without a warrant.
There may be a comment to make about the police and modern technology here, but the good news is that, as reported last month, Apple's MobileMe service can be a portable computing device owner's friend.