Phone owner snaps photo of suspected thief

An owner of a stolen smartphone that was equipped with an anti-theft app is getting help from the NYPD to track down the suspected thief.

The NYPD Sunday released the stealth selfie of the suspect taken by a Samsung Galaxy phone equipped with an app that takes a photo of a person trying to access a lost or stolen phone. The owner told police he realized his phone was missing after boarding a southbound R train near the 25th Street stop in Brooklyn on Oct. 15.