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This article was published on March 25, 2009

iDiot steals iPhone, eMails self-portrait pic to owner, owner eMails cops, cops make iD, bust thief.

iDiot steals iPhone, eMails self-portrait pic to owner, owner eMails cops, cops make iD, bust thief.
David Petherick
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David Petherick

David Petherick
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David Petherick

Scotsman David Petherick is a director & co-founder of several companies, and provides social media strategy & visibility services. Scotsman David Petherick is a director & co-founder of several companies, and provides social media strategy & visibility services. David became known as ‘The Digital Biographer’ after a 2007 BBC radio interview, speaks Russian, wears the Kilt, and is a co-author for the books 'Age of Conversation 2.0, & 3.0'.

The New York Post reports that a Manhattan woman led cops to the dummy who stole her iPhone after the clueless crook used it to take pictures of himself and send them via her e-mail.

New York Post-Dummy

Don’t these things come with instructions? And is there someone out where who can think of a ‘jailbroken‘ headline? E-nailed is good, but there’s something better out there.