Another warrant was issued Wednesday for the arrest of Erskine Oglesby, Chattanooga’s deputy administrator of community development, on additional misdemeanor charges. The Chattanooga Police Department is making arrangements for Oglesby to turn himself in on those charges, police information officer Sgt. Jeremy Eames confirmed in an email on Wednesday afternoon.
Oglesby previously turned himself in on Tuesday after two warrants were issued for his arrest for two separate alleged thefts of steaks at a local Walmart.
According to an affidavit, on March 5 Chattanooga Police Officer Max Stansberry responded to a call at the Walmart at 3550 Cummings Highway about a shoplifting incident that reportedly occurred Feb. 11.
Loss prevention officer Yadira Hernandez told Stansberry that an unknown black male, later identified as Oglesby, selected two packs of steaks, scanned one and placed both packages in his bag. The value of the unscanned package was about $12.47.
The same man entered the store at 8:30 a.m. on March 5 and at 8:52 left once again with an unpurchased steak, according to Hernandez. The man returned the same day around 10:52 a.m. but left the parking lot around 11:10 in a gray Nissan SUV, Hernandez told Stansberry.