Police: Facebook Photos Taken with Stolen iPhone Lead to Port Chester Arrest

Photos posted on Facebook from a stolen iPhone led to the recovery of the phone and the arrest of a woman who told police she bought the phone from a man in a Port Chester parking lot, according to Port Chester Police.

A 36-year-old Port Chester man told police his iPhone 5 was stolen at the LA Fitness gym on Boston Post Road at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday. After the theft, police said the man noticed that there were new photos on his Facebook page - but that he had not taken or posted the photos.

Police said the man showed the photos to friends, who recognized one of the women in the photos, which were taken at the New Roc Center mall in New Rochelle. An investigation into the theft led to Teresa Villa, 27, of 23 Elmont Ave., Port Chester, bringing the iPhone 5 to Port Chester Police Headquarters.

When questioned, police said Villa said she purchased the $800 phone for $200 from a man she met in the parking lot of the Port Chester Home Depot store on Midland Avenue. Villa was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a misdemeanor, and faces a hearing in Port Chester Village Court.

Police said the victim will be getting his phone back.