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Oct. 24, 2008 / 3:17 PM

Alleged dine-and-dashers left comment card

BISMARCK, N.D., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Two people in a group of four who allegedly ate at a North Dakota restaurant and left without paying filled out comment cards with their names.

A 17-year-old girl has been cited as a juvenile for theft, the Bismarck (N.D.) Tribune reported. A 19-year-old woman could face a theft charge.

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The group allegedly ran up a bill of $77.64 Wednesday night at a Bismarck Applebee's and then departed, a technique known as "dine and dash."

Police were trying to identify the two other members of the group who didn't leave signed comment cards behind.

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