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A Fair Lawn woman is accused of stealing her neighbor's car after bringing him cupcakes, police say.

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FAIR LAWN — Police say a 23-year-old local woman charmed her way into a neighbor's house with cupcakes, swiping his car keys and about $10 in change.

The ordeal started on Wednesday, when Shannon Henry showed up at the Hartley Place residence bearing baked goods. The woman had been to the neighbor's house before to ask to borrow money, according to Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler, and the neighbor didn't notice anything amiss.

"On this particular day, she went to the house with cupcakes," Metzler told NJ.com. "He let her in the house, and while she was there, that's when she took the keys."

On Thursday, the man awoke and noticed something was off. A bowl of change, estimated at about $10, was missing.

Also, his car — a 2010 Kia — wasn't in the garage. He called the police.

Police officer William Hickey and Lt. James Corcoran arrived at the scene early in the morning on Thursday, conducting an investigation that led them to the man's cupcake-bearing neighbor.

The car was found just across the street, in a church parking lot, Metzler said, and Henry handed over the keys under questioning. She's being held on $10,000 bail at the Bergen County Jail on three counts of burglary and two counts of theft.