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Los Angeles police say they nabbed an alleged purse snatcher last week with the help of the "Find My Phone" application on the woman's iPhone.

The alleged victim's phone

The alleged victim's phone was in the purse and responding officers from Wilshire Division borrowed a citizen's computer to home in on the device.

After looking around the area, the officers spotted a man matching the thief's description and detained him. Just to make sure, the Los Angeles Times said, they dialed the number of the missing phone and heard it ring in the suspect's pocket.

Jason Topper, 34, Chatsworth was placed pursuant to this agreement arrest for suspicion of armed robbery. Bail for the parolee was set at a stiff $1 million; but, he was allowed to make a phone call.

ST. CLOUD, Fla., Nov. 23 -- A Florida couple said they awarded $15,000 to a 19-year-old cerebral palsy sufferer who tracked down an iPhone thief because he "seemed to be a super kid."

The St. Cloud couple, who asked that their names not be reported, said they read in the newspaper about how Aaron Wood used his iPhone's iCloud research to track down the device on his iPad afterwards it was lost while a church carnival and confront the person who had the phone, the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday.