'Bread Bandit' Steals Bakery Truck, Makes Random Deliveries Worth $5,000

New York: Authorities say a man stole a New York City bakery truck and began delivering loaves of bread to random businesses. The police say that David Bastar hopped into a Grimaldi's Home of Bread's delivery truck, in Manhattan's Upper East Side, early on Monday while the real driver was making a delivery at a pizzeria.

Wearing only his underwear, Bastar then allegedly began dropping off baguettes, whole-wheat rolls and sourdough bread - but not to the bakery's customers. Joe Grimaldi, owner of the Queens bakery said that the bandit "dropped bread" worth $5,000. He said the bakery later accommodated the customers who had been affected. Bastar, of Nanuet, has been taken to a hospital for evaluation. He faces charges of criminal possession of stolen goods. It wasn't immediately clear whether he had a lawyer.