Bizarre News - May 24, 2014

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

I know it is tough finding a job right now, but this is ridiculous. A man stole a New York City bread truck and began delivering baked goods to random businesses.

David Bastar hopped into the Grimaldi's Home of Bread truck on Manhattan's Upper East Side while the real driver was making a delivery at a pizzeria, according to police.

Reportedly wearing only his underwear, Bastar then allegedly began dropping off baguettes, whole-wheat rolls and sourdough bread - but not to the bakery's customers, said Joe Grimaldi, the owner of the baker.

"The bread was left somewhere. Where I don't know," he said. "He dropped a lot of bread."

Grimaldi said about $5,000 in bread was taken. The bakery later was able to accommodate all its customers.

"It's a bizarre incident but nothing happened to the truck. No one was hurt. There was no damage. I got my truck back," said Grimaldi.

Bastar, of Nanuet, was arrested later at LaGuardia Airport, where police say he wound up after tailgating a driver for several miles.

The driver became concerned about being followed and called police, said Erica Dumas, a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport.

Police determined that the truck had been stolen that morning.

Bastar, who was taken to a hospital for evaluation, was charged with criminal possession of stolen goods and driving without a license.

Grimaldi said a shuttle bus driver who witnessed the arrest called the bakery and said, "If you need a driver, I'll work for you."

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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* French father uses Mozart and Beethoven to combat suspected drug dealers *
MONTROUGE, France (UPI) - A French father decided to put a new twist on some old classics in order to get rid of a group of people he suspected were selling drugs outside of his apartment building in Montrouge. French dad Joel turned to nightly doses of classical music from artists like Mozart and Beethoven to get rid of the men who were routinely smoking, drinking and allegedly dealing drugs near his home. It started out with Joel singing himself. "I don't know what came over me. I opened the window and I started shouting the Little 'Green Mouse' (Souris verte) or 'My Little Rabbit' (Mon petit lapin)," he told Le Parisien. "It was a peaceful solution to take back our property." Realizing that his repertoire was somewhat limited, Joel began using recordings to keep the dealers away. "They asked me why I was doing it," Joel said. "I told them their noise bothered me." In addition to Mozart and Beethoven, Joel also turned to pieces like "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky. Some of the dealers have fought back by playing rap music, but Joel was vowed that the classical program will go on. "I filed a complaint with the police. But I'm not going to stop," he said. "Their behavior is unacceptable."


* Woman in coma gives birth to healthy baby boy *
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - A California woman gave birth to a healthy five-pound, nine-ounce baby boy on Thursday, even though she wasn't able to welcome him into the world herself. Melissa Carleton has been in a coma for than 10 weeks, but she was still able to bring West Nathaniel Lande into the world via cesarean section at a San Francisco hospital. The 39-year-old has been in a semi-comatose state since she underwent emergency surgery to remove a large brain tumor. "I was just so happy to have a healthy baby, healthy son," Brian Lande, Carleton's husband, told NBC News. "It's a feeling of immense relief joy and immense sorrow for Melissa not able to be awake for it." Now that the baby has been delivered, Carleton will be transferred to a brain rehab clinic and begin undergoing intense therapy in an effort to wake her. Carleton's future is uncertain, but Lande is hopeful that she will recover and be able to meet West. "I want her to know she did an amazing job, and she loved the baby hard for two months," he said. "I'm so grateful to her and I miss her. We can now work on getting her to wake up and get back to us and be a mom."


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Lewis; He was dating a stripper did he think she would take him home to meet her momma? Instead she has taken him to the cleaners but to file a lawsuit against her shows a desperate stupidity which cannot be fixed in court.
[Apparently he thought we was going to get something in return for his laptop and other "gifts."]

i wonder if the picnic table put up a fight by giving him a bunch of splinters. -mikey
[That is really more than I want to know.]

I know this makes me a geek, but Morgoth was in The Silmarillian, not The Lord Of The Rings. -Vic
[This might make me a bigger geek, but he was mentioned indirectly in the trilogy, and specifically if you go to the appendices.]

Lewis; The wife who's targetting her "cheating" husband with a negative poster campaign sounds like a fool to me. Sure she's upset and seeking revenge but her method sounds like the action of an immature teenager whose boyfriend cheated on her. Furthermore while a cheating woman may be "suitably embarrassed" by such posters, a man is more likely to enjoy it as free publicity over what a hot studmuffin he is. --R.S.
[I think only an asshole would be proud of cheating on his wife...but she's the one who married him so maybe she likes assholes.]

Poor guy was just trying to make a deposit...
[I guess somebody had to make this joke. Might as well be you.]

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