--- title: Couple Accused of Stealing 57 Blocks of Cheese description: Couple from Chattanooga Tennessee was accused of stealing 57 blocks of cheese from a Walmart in Fort Oglethorpe canonical: https://time.com/3697416/couple-stealing-57-blocks-cheese-walmart/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-05T19:21:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:34.269Z og:title: Couple Accused of Stealing 57 Blocks of Cheese From Walmart og:description: Couple from Chattanooga Tennessee was accused of stealing 57 blocks of cheese from a Walmart in Fort Oglethorpe og:url: https://time.com/3697416/couple-stealing-57-blocks-cheese-walmart/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Couple Accused of Stealing 57 Blocks of Cheese From Walmart twitter:description: Couple from Chattanooga Tennessee was accused of stealing 57 blocks of cheese from a Walmart in Fort Oglethorpe twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Couple Accused of Stealing 57 Blocks of Cheese From Walmart  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 5, 2015 7:21 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 5, 2015 7:21 PM UTC A couple from Chattanooga, Tenn., has been accused of stealing 57 blocks of cheese from a Walmart. [WRCB TV reports](http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/28026033/cheese-thieves-couple-accused-of-stealing-57-blocks-of-cheese-from-walmart) that police say Joshua and Erika Caldwell, both 21, face theft and drug charges, after authorities found marijuana in their car and several other stolen goods from the Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., store, like laundry detergent and clothes. It’s unclear why the couple wanted so much cheese, almost $300 worth, which officers found stuffed beneath the floorboards of the vehicle, the news station reports. The two were taken to Catoosa County Jail and were “bonded out,” [WRCB TV said](http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/28026033/cheese-thieves-couple-accused-of-stealing-57-blocks-of-cheese-from-walmart) via police. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3697416/couple-stealing-57-blocks-cheese-walmart/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3697416/couple-stealing-57-blocks-cheese-walmart/"},"headline":"Couple Accused of Stealing 57 Blocks of Cheese From Walmart","datePublished":"2015-02-05T19:21:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:34.269Z","description":"Police are unclear as to why they wanted so much","url":"https://time.com/3697416/couple-stealing-57-blocks-cheese-walmart/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3697416/couple-stealing-57-blocks-cheese-walmart/","name":"Couple Accused of Stealing 57 Blocks of Cheese From Walmart"}}]}] ```