A Long Island man with Cerebral palsy was stranded in his home for days after thieves stole his $17,000 customized wheelchair.

"They stole my independence," said Pinello of Flower Hill.

Pinello, 27, used the motorized wheelchair as his means of transportation. Without it, he had to rely on others to push him around in a traditional wheelchair.

Pinello put out a public call Tuesday pleading for the return of his wheelchair. Hours later Tuesday night, police announced it was found by a neighbor and returned to the owner.

The thieves took the wheelchair from Pinello's Nassau county home last weekend, he said. The Sandy-damaged home is being renovated to make it handicapped accessible.

While the work is being done, Pinello, his mom and sister have been staying in a nearby apartment but, because the 350-pound wheelchair is too heavy to move into the upstairs apartment, the Pinellos stored it at night in their home.

"They left my son stranded," said Carmela Pinello, Vinny's mom. "They have no consideration, no respect."

Nassau police arrested two 14-year-olds on charges they stole the wheelchair. The teens were taken into custody, police said, after they posted videos to Facebook showing them riding the wheelchair, which can move at speeds up to 35 miles an hour.

"The two juveniles rode the wheelchair around the neighborhood until it died about a half-hour later a half-mile away and, at that time, they abandoned the wheelchair," said Inspector Kenneth Lack of the Nassau County Police Department.

The accused teens are due in Family Court in Westbury next Monday. They're charged with burglary and grand larceny.