Brooklyn Thief Takes Selfie With Stolen Phone: NYPD

The NYPD released a suave selfie to the media Saturday that police claim was snapped by a Brooklyn phone thief onto a stolen Galaxy S3 — then automatically uploaded to the cloud.

The selfie was ”obtained from the victim’s Google account... after the suspect used the phone to take a photo of himself,” police said.

Here are the details of the Ditmas Park-area theft, according to the NYPD:

“On Oct. 24, 2015, at 5:45 a.m., the victim, a 36-year-old male, was texting on his Galaxy S3 while aboard a southbound Q train. As the train entered the Beverley Road station the suspect snatched the phone from his hand and fled the train when the doors opened.“

Anyone with information in regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.