iStand Corrected ...

Cooler heads prevailed at 7th and Montana this morning ... and I'm not just saying that because the sub-70 temperatures made it feel like Ice Station Zebra.  It appears I was wrong about yesterday's iPad theft.  An iPad really was "stolen" yesterday and it's become the hottest item in town.  You see, the owner evidently had "Find My iPad" -- a GPS-enabled feature that lets you locate your iPad remotely and lock or erase it -- switched on.  Hours after the theft occurred, a Neighborly Samaritan saw a woman who turned out to be the victim's wife walking on San Vicente, trying to activate the "Find My iPad" service.  He helped her and, together, they were able to pinpoint not only the building where the iPad was, but the exact apartment it was in.  They called the police and the Samaritan quietly stationed himself outside the window of the thief's apartment.  The police stormed the building, knocking on every apartment door ... and that's when the Thief got scared.  He turned off the TV -- which had been running at full blast -- and tried to pretend that he wasn't home, even though the Samaritan had been standing right outside his window and knew he was inside.  The police pounded on the door for 45-minutes before giving up.  So, to recap:  A resident of an apartment building on San Vicente still has the missing iPad.  Sounds to me like the jig is up.  If I were the "thief," I'd contact the owner, explain that I had inadvertently "found" the missing iPad and just wanted to return it to its rightful owner.  That way, all's well that ends well ...