--- title: Man Arrested After Getting Violent Over Grilled Cheese description: A too-cheesy grilled cheese sandwich sparked a domestic dispute canonical: https://time.com/4436714/man-arrested-after-getting-violent-over-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-with-too-much-cheese/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-03T15:50:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:01.553Z og:title: Grilled Cheese Sandwich Sparks Domestic Dispute og:description: A man was arrested after his grilled cheese sandwich was "too cheesy" og:url: https://time.com/4436714/man-arrested-after-getting-violent-over-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-with-too-much-cheese/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10f15f45f2e0c04e/6987ea3d8e06014d8e45e07a/grilled-cheese-sandwich.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Grilled cheese sandwich og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Grilled Cheese Sandwich Sparks Domestic Dispute twitter:description: A man was arrested after his grilled cheese sandwich was "too cheesy" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10f15f45f2e0c04e/6987ea3d8e06014d8e45e07a/grilled-cheese-sandwich.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Arrested After Getting Violent Over a Grilled Cheese Sandwich With Too Much Cheese by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 3, 2016 3:50 PM UTC  Grilled cheese sandwich Grilled cheese sandwichDavid Bishop Inc.—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 3, 2016 3:50 PM UTC A man wanted just two slices of cheese on his sandwich, so when his wife used three slices in his grilled cheese sandwich, he became irate. Angered at the sight of all the extra cheesiness, James DePaola became agitated and violent, yelling at the woman, Michele DePaola. [According to WSB-TV](http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/clarke-county/dispute-over-grilled-cheese-leads-to-911-call-arrest/415673191), DePaola then ripped the landline out of the wall so his wife couldn’t [call the police](http://time.com/4376706/woman-calls-911-cheese-pizza/?iid=sr-link1) and reportedly [screamed](http://time.com/3313343/ray-rice-black-women-domestic-violence/?iid=sr-link1) at her intensely. The couple’s 12-year old daughter who witnessed the incident called the police to the scene, according to Athens-Clarke County police. James DePaola was charged with obstruction of a 911 call and criminal trespass/damage to property over what the police now refer to as “the grilled cheese incident”. DePaola has a history of “abusive behavior,” and was often “excessively critical and controlling of day to day things in life” like [sandwiches](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/08/man-arrested-for-attacking-wife-with-sandwich/), apparently. \[H/T [Death and Taxes](http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/299023/man-arrested-for-becoming-violent-after-wife-makes-grilled-cheese-too-cheesy/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4436714/man-arrested-after-getting-violent-over-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-with-too-much-cheese/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4436714/man-arrested-after-getting-violent-over-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-with-too-much-cheese/"},"headline":"Man Arrested After Getting Violent Over a Grilled Cheese Sandwich With Too Much Cheese","datePublished":"2016-08-03T15:50:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:01.553Z","description":"There was just too much cheese","url":"https://time.com/4436714/man-arrested-after-getting-violent-over-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-with-too-much-cheese/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10f15f45f2e0c04e/6987ea3d8e06014d8e45e07a/grilled-cheese-sandwich.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10f15f45f2e0c04e/6987ea3d8e06014d8e45e07a/grilled-cheese-sandwich.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Grilled cheese sandwich","caption":"Grilled cheese sandwich","creditText":"David Bishop Inc.—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4436714/man-arrested-after-getting-violent-over-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-with-too-much-cheese/","name":"Man Arrested After Getting Violent Over a Grilled Cheese Sandwich With Too Much Cheese"}}]}] ```