Police officer posts funny selfies, locks iPhone in jail after careless owner loses it at a party

Have you ever lost your iPhone and then clung on to the hope some good samaritan finds and returns it? If you have, then you are clearly not alone. Well, one lucky person in Australia got back her precious phone after a police officer in Albury, Australia, did some online photo sharing that drew quite a few chuckles last week. [caption id=“attachment_2203332” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Bella Crooke Facebook page.[/caption] After the lost iPhone was turned in to the Police, the officer found that the phone didn’t have a password lock. So, to get in touch with the owner who lost it, he started posting photos and selfies to her Facebook account, according to Peta Pixel. The first was the selfie was posted to Bella Crooke’s Facebook account with the caption: “You should probably put a password on your phone. When you are ready to pick it up it will be at Albury police station. :)” The photo went viral and it prompted a few more hilarious posts by the officer.He put up a picture of the phone locked in a cell with the caption, “If your worried about the battery going flat, don’t. By the time you pick it up it will be fully ‘charged’. It is a great ‘cell’ phone.” Bella lost her phone at a friend’s birthday party the night before and dialled her number as soon as she realised.‘A security guard picked up and said he’d leave it at the police station. I didn’t get there until 1pm and had no idea what had been going on,’ she told Daily Mail Australia.

A few hours later police added: ‘The phone is still here. Ready to be released early for good behaviour. Just waiting on Bella to post bail.’

Bella said she didn’t even have to give her name when she eventually reclaimed her phone.

According to Mashable, the officers also sent out texts to her friends, hinting at the whereabouts of her missing phone.

Albury Police Inspector Anthony Moodie told the Border Mail it is fine to access a phone to track down an owner. “It doesn’t surprise me the creative ways they come up with in getting property back to the owners,” he said. “Phone users should use the locking mechanisms on their phone so if someone should get a hold of it, they can’t gain access to their private lives.”

You should probably put a password on your phone. When you are ready to pick it up it will be at Albury police station. Posted by Bella Crooke on Saturday, 11 April 2015