Wisconsin Police Recover Another Load of Stolen Cheese

Wisconsin Police Recover Another Load of Stolen Cheese
Parmigiano Reggiano (Parmesan) at the Salone del Gusto, 26 October 2006 in Turin, Italy. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)
The Associated Press
1/30/2016
Updated:
1/30/2016

MARSHFIELD, Wis.—For the second time in a week, police in Wisconsin have recovered a stolen load of cheese worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Marshfield Police Lt. Darren Larson says 41,000 pounds of parmesan cheese worth $90,000 was stolen from a Marshfield distributor Jan. 15. A semi picked up the cheese that day, but it never reached its intended destination in Illinois.

Larson says investigators received a tip Thursday that the cheese was likely in Grand Chute. Police in Grand Chute found the entire shipment intact. It had already been unloaded into a warehouse.

On Monday, police in Germantown said $70,000 worth of cheddar and other cheeses stolen from a distribution center there last week had been recovered in Milwaukee on Friday.

Police haven’t said whether the cases are connected.