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truesee — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:42:00 GMT

Police nab teen who put himself on cell

Associated Press

July 2, 2009, 9:39AM

SUFFOLK, Va. Suffolk police say they now have a suspect to go with an image of a person who snapped a photo of himself with a cell phone belonging to the owner of the home he burglarized.

Police say a 17-year-old Suffolk resident faces charges of burglary and larceny. They're not identifying him because he's underage.

The burglary happened in early June. Detectives think the person unsuccessfully tried to make a phone call using the phone, then used the camera function to photograph himself. People who saw the photo in news stories helped detectives identify the suspect.

ORIGINAL STORY

Suffolk

Burglary suspect leaves photo of himself on homeowner's cell phone

The man suspected of the early-June burglary of a Suffolk home left this photo on the victim's cell phone. (Courtesy of Suffolk police / June 4, 2009)

11:40 AM EDT, June 29, 2009

SUFFOLK Police investigators are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect in an early June home burglary after getting a little help from the suspect himself.

In the first week of June, police were called to the burglary of a house in the 200 block of Holbrook Arch in Suffolk. During the burglary, the suspect tried to use the homeowner's cell phone but was unable to make a call, city spokeswoman Debbie George said in a statement Sunday evening.

What the suspect was able to do was snap a genial-looking photo of himself with the phone's built-in camera while committing the crime. He then left the phone and ran off, George said.

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