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Man snatches dog, demands jewelry

By The Associated Press wire report November 21, 2008 03:37 PM

BRUNSWICK - Police are looking for a man they say stole two rings worth nearly $25,000 from a woman after grabbing her dog.

Brunswick police Detective William Collins said a Harpswell woman was walking her Shih Tzu on Monday on Windy Breeze Road off Princes Point Road. That's when a man picked up the dog and demanded the rings if she wanted the dog back.

Police say the victim gave up her rings, and that the suspect fled on foot after returning the dog.

Police says the rings were a 6.57-carat sapphire with diamonds valued at $18,500 and a .96-carat diamond solitaire valued at $5,000.

The suspect is described as a professional-looking, clean-shaven white man in his late 20s or early 30s.