Sexual predator caught thanks to camphone

There are some people who say "it could have been any kind of camera!" but come on, this wouldn't be the first time a cellphone saved someone's life (okay, okay, so that was different). A Conneticut woman used her cameraphone (they didn't say which kind) to snap a shot of the car belonging to her alleged sexual assailant; the suspect was promptly snapped up and tossed in the clink. Way to go, camphones!

[Via The Mobile Weblog]

[Thinh @ Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM]

It's good to see that people are using more common sense nowadays when it comes to chasing down sexual assailants, hit and run peeps, and etc. Taking a picture not only produce evidence, but it also puts you out of harms way. Would you want to chase a bank robber who has a gun? I'd rather take a picture of them and the getaway car.

[Nick Ciske @ Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM]

I'm amazed she had time to take out her phone, get to the camera app, compose, and shoot a pic before the guy was gone. When I had a cam phone, by the time I was ready to take a pic the moment had passed ;-(

[Maikeru @ Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM]

Well this isn't the first time that this has happened. I recall there being a story within the last year or so about a girl in Japan that had been groped on the subway and took a picture of the individual and managed to get him arrested.

Some cameraphones have the primary command for one of their softbuttons set to start up the camera mode.