Camera phone and cops capture robbery suspect

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Thanks to a quick-thinking robbery victim and his camera phone, police had a photo of his alleged assailant and tracked him down in 10 minutes, police said.

James Robert Barker was in custody on charges of aggravated robbery after allegedly holding up limousine driver Ismael Miranda early Friday at a car wash, police said.

Miranda was cleaning his limousine at the car wash when a red pickup truck pulled in and parked in a wash bay. The pickup’s driver, later identified as Barker, made small talk before pulling a knife and demanding money.

Barker chased Miranda, threw a garbage can at him and fled. But not before an alert Miranda snapped a photo of Barker and his getaway truck using a camera phone, police said.