Justin Bieber’s iPhone: What will the police find?

This is Justin Bieber, a nanosecond after he put his iPhone in his pants. Seriously.

(Credit: Sara Tomlinson/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)

Look, you might be spending your time worrying about your job, your family, or the long-lost love who ditched you for a dolt.

Millions in the world have a far greater worry: Does Justin Bieber’s iPhone contain revealing, risque, or even ribald images that will make their pulses soar?

Should you have failed to catch up to contemporary culture, the police made themselves acquainted with Bieber’s abode after a neighbor complained that $20,000 worth of damage had been done by persons unknown allegedly egging their property.

Yes, of course this was in LA. Calabasas, if you want to be picky.

Some fear that the police might be very picky indeed — for as part of their investigation, they took Bieber’s precious iPhone.

As ABC News reports, they claim to be seeking evidence of him or others egging on the alleged egging.

You and I know, though, that in their spare time the police are human beings. How can they not have curiosity about, say, unclothed snaps or discreet messages to, say, Taylor Swift?

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