This is one of the best story I heard using Apple’s “Find my iPhone” feature. A guy found his Land Rover missing with his iPhone on it. He quickly uses MobileMe Find My iPhone feature and tracked down the car thieves. That is not the end of the story. More after the break.

It takes a savvy iPhone user, a Tech-savvy operator, brave policeman to effectively locate the car and arrest the thieves. Read the below comment from 9to5Mac reader.

Pretty amazing Christmas Story! Early this morning my 2005 Land Rover was stolen from the Marriott in Wichita Falls TX. The local police put me on hold, transferred me around and did nothing. My iPhone was in the car in between the seats and turned on.

I tracked it using MobileMe Find My Phone to HWY 287 on the way to Decatur. When they exited the highway and headed on a Farm road for Justin TX a few miles away, I contacted the Justin Police and with the help of a very savvy operator we pinpointed the car at a Sonic. While I was on the phone with her, she said the officer sees your car and is going to make the arrest.

A few minutes later she frantically calls me to start tracking the car again. The officer had handcuffed the suspects, sat one down on the curb while putting the other in the back seat. When he got back, the guy had Houdini’d the cuffs from behind his back to the front, fought with the officer and jumped in my car, dragged him and ran over him.

I followed the car on the iPhone and directed the Highway Patrol to where he was – high speed chase ending with him flipping the Land Rover several times. The policeman is going to be fine – he is at the hospital with multiple bruises etc. The screenshot is where the car thieves ran over the policeman and escaped. I am just so thankful the policeman was not seriously hurt – I could care less about the car or the crook.

The news now is making its round on the Internet. It is always nice to hear such story around Christmas. BTW, there are additional reports on this story.

The car was tracked with an Apple iPhone using the free Apple software “Find My iPhone” Hats off to the Justin and North Lake Police and especially to the on call operator who in a matter of 8 minutes listened to my story about my stolen car, believed me and had an officer find my car. She was online using Google Maps and was completely tech savy. The officer sustained a few more injuries than first thought – he has broken ribs and some other issues, and will be off the job for at least a month.

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Here are the car thieves, David Gibbs and Rodney Womack.

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