A Georgia man wanted for murder was busted after he left his phone with a photo of his face on the lock screen at a restaurant where he and friends dined and dashed.
Brian Garfield Fort and pals walked out of The Juicy Crab in Cobb County without paying after running up a $100 tab, according to police. The group drove off and restaurant staff called police, WSBTV reported.
When police arrived, an officer found Fort’s phone in the booth where he had been sitting.
The phone’s lock screen photo was a selfie of Fort, which helped police quickly identify him.
Investigators later learned that he was wanted on a murder charge.
A restaurant employee snapped a picture of Fort’s license plate before he took off and shared it with police.
Within hours, a license plate reader got a hit on Fort’s car in Brookhaven, where he was taken into custody.
Fort and killed a man in Decatur earlier this year, according to police.
He was also arrested in Gwinnett County last fall after he was spotted walking around the outside of a high school with a shotgun during a football game.
Fort is currently being held in the DeKalb County Jail on charges of murder, theft by receiving stolen property and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, records show.