Tinder Date Steals Dog From Bergen Sitter: Police

BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — A Leonia dog was stolen Sunday from a woman who was house-sitting for a resident, police said.

The 18-year-old woman used the social media app Tinder, met a man and invited him to the house, Leonia Police said. The man went to the house with another man.

The woman was distracted by one of the men and the other was alone in the house; after the men left, the woman discovered that the family's 2-year-old white female Maltese named "Maggie," a laptop and a package from Amazon were stolen, police said.

Police ask anyone who may have seen the dog or has information to call the department at 201-944-0800 or email tips@leoniapd.org.

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Photo: "Maggie," the 2-year-old Maltese that was stolen from a Leonia house recently after a house-sitter invited a man she met on Tinder Sunday./Leonia Police Department