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NewsJuly 19, 2015

LOS ANGELES -- Authorities are looking for a burglar who accidentally made a selfie with his victim's iPhone. Police say the thief entered a home in the Venice area of Los Angeles through an unlocked door Saturday and grabbed the phone, but he accidentally activated a video app. The crook briefly recorded himself standing in the living room before he took off with the device. The owner of the phone remotely accessed the video, and police have released it...

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Burglar records selfie with victim's phone

LOS ANGELES -- Authorities are looking for a burglar who accidentally made a selfie with his victim's iPhone. Police say the thief entered a home in the Venice area of Los Angeles through an unlocked door Saturday and grabbed the phone, but he accidentally activated a video app. The crook briefly recorded himself standing in the living room before he took off with the device. The owner of the phone remotely accessed the video, and police have released it.

-- Associated Press

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