05 October 2011

Stolen iPhone Snaps Shot of Thief

Stolen iPhone Snaps Shot of Thief

An iPhone app designed to locate potential phone thieves did just that for a Queens woman when a man robbed her of her smartphone Monday night.

The 31-year-old woman told police she was walking on Liberty Avenue at about 10 p.m. when a man in his 20s bumped into her, reached into her front right pocket and took her black iPhone 4.

The thief then took off, running away in an unknown direction.

But the robbery victim had an iPhone security application called Gotcha on her iPhone, which features a silent alarm to secretly track the phone while the owner's away from it.

The phone owner activated Gotcha and the phone took a photograph of the alleged thief when he tried to unlock and use the phone.

The resulting picture was emailed to the woman, who brought it to police and told them it was the man who stole her phone.

According to the Gotcha website, the app features GPS position tracking and logging, email and Twitter GPS notifications and adjustable motion sensitivity.

Anyone who recognizes the man pictured is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS or usa-local-news.blogspot.com.

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