February 13, 2004
Cellphone snapshot exposes flasher
Lisa Johnson, helping a lost motorist was shocked to see the man expose himself. He offered her money and asked her to get into the vehicle, she told the police.
Startled, she pretended to miss a call on her cellphone, then used it to snap two pictures. Johnson then printed the photos and gave them to police along with the car's tag number, which she had written down, according The Atlanta Journal Constitution via Smart Mobs.
"For Gwinnett County police, obtaining evidence in such a fashion was groundbreaking.
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