Multiple king cakes and other items were stolen by a thief last week from a bakery in New Orleans during Carnival season.
Cheryl Scripter, the owner of Bittersweet Confections on Magazine Street, told WDSU that on Wednesday a masked suspect broke into her bakery.
“He walked around for about 20 minutes,” Scripter said, according to the news station . “He went from room to room and ended up with a stack of king cakes, some cash and a case of Tito’s.”
The New Orleans Police Department believes that the suspect entered the bakery through a side door, Nola.com reported. He then left with the items through the same.
Scripter said that the building manager called her around 6 p.m. to report the incident. They said it was a man in a hoodie with what looked like a surgical mask leaving the bakery with a stack of king cakes, according to NOLA.com . Her bakery usually closes around 2 p.m.
Scripter checked the surveillance camera and found footage of the incident, NOLA.com reported. Since the incident, the bakery has been working to implement new security measures including a security guard as well as alarm systems, according to WDSU .