DOVER — A woman told Dover police that a man she met through a dating website stole her Yorkshire Terrier and her flat-screen television during their first date Thursday, police said.

Patrol Officer Justin Gabrys responded to an Ann Street residence at 6:14 a.m. Friday, where a woman told Gabrys that she went on her first date with a man she knows only by the name "Joel" Thursday evening, police said in a news release.

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The woman told the officer she met "Joel" on a dating website, and that she believes he lives in Elizabeth, police said.

While the man was at her house, she became occupied in another room, leaving him alone for a period of time, police said. When she returned, he was gone, along with her dog, Violet, and her television, police said.

The woman told the officer the dog was worth $4,000, and that her television was worth $3,000, police said.

Detective Sgt. William Woodhull Jr. told the Daily Record that the man used the woman's cell phone, and police were trying to obtain fingerprints off the phone.

Dover Public Safety Director Richard Rosell told NJ.com Saturday the man had been identified and the dog was returned, but more information was not immediately available.



Anyone with information related to the incident should contact Woodhull at 973-366-2200, ext. 4125, or the Dover Police Department at 973-366-0302, police said.