MORRISTOWN — A 23-year-old Elizabeth man who was accused of stealing a Dover woman's television and dog during a first date was admitted today into the state's Pretrial Intervention program, a form of probation that requires no admission of guilt.

Two theft charges against Honey Ahmed will be dismissed if he complies with probation requirements and doesn’t get arrested again within a year.

The Dover woman told police Ahmed stole her flat-screen television and terrier while her attention was turned elsewhere during the date on April 17.

The pair had met on a dating website and the woman said she knew him by the name “Joel,” according to police.

Ahmed had no record, and the dog and television were returned to the woman’s front-door steps less than a day after police asked for the public’s assistance.

Under terms agreed on by Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz in Morristown, Ahmed will be on probation for a year, must perform 25 hours of community service and pay $125 in fines.

Ahmed’s public defender, Jessica Moses, said the case was resolved quickly without a guilty finding because “everything was returned very shortly.”

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