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Police: First date ends when woman steals man's wallet, $2

WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- An Oregon man finally had a first date face-to-face with a Wisconsin woman he'd met online -- only to have her run off with his wallet containing just $2, police say.

Jeffrey Mack, 23, of North Plains, Ore., says the bad date happened when he met up with Heather Dureen Hegre, 20, who he got to know through online conversations on MeetMe.com, The Oregonian reports.

Mack said the two met in the parking lot of a Wilsonville, Ore., Arby's restaurant around 10 p.m. on Nov. 3.

Romantic, huh?

He said Hegre got into his vehicle and persuaded him to buy her a milkshake at the fast-food drive-up window. Mack handed the Arby's window clerk a $5 bill and received two $1 bills in change, which he tucked into his wallet and set on his center console, reports CBS Seattle.

But Hegre grabbed his wallet, opened the door and sprinted across the Town Center parking lot, Sgt. Dan Kraus of the Wilsonville Police Department told The Oregonian.

Mack called police and provided them with Hegre's cell phone number, which deputies called to arrange another Arby's rendezvous.

Around 1:45 a.m., Wilsonville police identified her maroon minivan with Wisconsin plates, arrested her, and returned the wallet to Mack.

"The two $1 bills were still in the wallet," Kraus said. "That was all the money he had."

Kraus said the woman confessed to taking the wallet and a said a search of her minivan revealed hypodermic needles, two jars of hash oil, marijuana pipes, a scale and a pill bottle of what authorities believe is methamphetamine.

Hegre was booked into the Clackamas County Jail before being released ahead of a grand jury investigation.

"It will not go down as a good first date," Sgt. Kraus said. "But at least he got his wallet and his $2 back."

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