A South Florida bakery said nearly 400 cinnamon rolls disappeared during an Uber delivery and never reached their destination. Roll and Dough stated on Instagram that no one, including Uber, could say what had happened to the order. The business said it could not contact the carrier.
Julie Pierre, the 21-year-old founder of Roll and Dough, said she was running the small business on her own. In the Instagram statement, she said she felt scared and overwhelmed while trying to recover days of work and thousands of dollars in products. The cinnamon rolls had been headed to a farmers’ market, she indicated.
The bakery said that, based on the limited information available at the time, it believed the cinnamon rolls had been stolen. Roll and Dough stated that Uber instructed the business to file a police report, and that it followed that guidance. The bakery said it did not know that the carrier, Ivan, had been detained by immigration authorities during the delivery.
Sunrise police later said a family member returned the cinnamon rolls after an immigration stop
Roll and Dough said detectives with the Sunrise Police Department later informed the business of what happened. The bakery stated that officers located one of Ivan’s family members, who had picked up his vehicle and found five large crates of cinnamon rolls inside. The family member delivered the crates to the police station, the business said, and the bakery recovered them five days later.
Sunrise Police confirmed the driver was taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol in Hollywood while he was en route to deliver the cinnamon rolls, NBC South Florida reported. A CBP spokesperson said the driver, identified as Ivan Dario Rico Molano, was stopped at around 8:50 a.m. on Interstate 95 southbound near Sheridan Street following a records check on a silver Kia Carnival.
The spokesperson said the registered owner was identified as an alien without legal immigration status. During the encounter, the spokesperson said, Molano, a citizen of Colombia, admitted to being in the United States without legal authorization. The spokesperson said he was arrested and transported to the Dania Beach Border Patrol Station for processing.
Records indicate he entered the United States legally in May 2021 but remained beyond his authorized period of stay, the spokesperson said. Police said Rico Molano then contacted someone to take the vehicle, which had the storage containers with Roll and Dough’s cinnamon rolls inside. The incident highlights the unpredictable nature of rideshare deliveries, a reality underscored by other tense encounters, such as when an Uber driver allegedly got into a shouting match.
“Based on what we now know, Ivan did not intentionally steal our cinnamon rolls. We are sincerely sorry that we described the situation that way before learning the complete circumstances,” the bakery said in its statement. “We shared what we genuinely understood at the time, and now that detectives have provided us with new information, we are publicly correcting the record.”
Roll and Dough also said its thoughts and prayers were with Ivan and his family. The business said Uber has since fully reimbursed it for the loss, and that it would love to connect with Ivan’s family and use a portion of funds raised to support them. Pierre said the business wanted to donate a portion of its proceeds to help the driver’s family and cover any legal fees.
The bakery asked that no one’s personal information be shared publicly. Rideshare interactions can be complex, as seen when a Florida woman tracked her friend’s phone across St. Petersburg after an Uber driver went silent.
Published: Aug 30, 2026 09:30 am