Razor blades were discovered inside the packaging of several loaves of bread at a Walmart Supercenter on CT Switzer Sr. Drive around noon Monday, prompting a broader review that uncovered additional tampered bakery items from two Biloxi locations over the past 11 days, police said.
Authorities said the blades appeared to be inserted through plastic wrappers, suggesting in-store tampering rather than a supply-chain issue. The Biloxi Police Department is reviewing surveillance video and interviewing employees and customers while Walmart staff segregate affected products and check nearby aisles for similar sabotage. Police said no injuries have been reported and there is no evidence the items were altered at a warehouse. The case has unsettled shoppers in a busy coastal retail district during a peak holiday week, and investigators are working to narrow the window of when the tampering occurred and identify a suspect.
According to police, the first recent complaint reached store managers late last week when a customer reported a metal blade inside a loaf of sandwich bread. On Monday, workers checking inventory at the Supercenter found additional loaves with blades pushed through their wrappers. As officers documented the scene, managers at a second store — the Walmart Neighborhood Market on the 2000 block of Pass Road — reported similar finds tied to purchases in the last 11 days. Officers collected the products, photographed the packaging and secured the blades as evidence. “The problem is we don’t yet know exactly when this happened,” a department spokesperson said, noting the review spans several days of footage.
Police said the tampered items were concentrated in the bakery section and included loaves of sliced bread; one earlier report involved a packaged muffin. Investigators emphasized that the wrappers showed punctures consistent with a thin blade being slid in and withdrawn. Managers told officers they received complaints from “a couple” of customers before staff began a shelf-by-shelf check. The department said there were no similar reports at distribution centers, pointing to interference on the sales floor or in back-room staging areas. Officers are mapping which lots and brands were affected and whether a single display was targeted or if items were moved after tampering.
The Walmart Supercenter on CT Switzer Sr. Drive sits near Interstate 10 and serves steady holiday traffic from Biloxi and Gulfport. The Neighborhood Market on Pass Road is several miles west in a dense commercial corridor. Both locations have interior and exterior cameras, and detectives said they requested footage covering bakery aisles, stockroom doors and loading docks. Investigators are also looking at staffing rosters for overlapping shifts and whether any prior shoplifting or nuisance calls correlate with the time frame. Police did not say how many blades were recovered or whether prints or DNA were obtainable from the metal pieces.
Monday’s response followed a familiar evidence-preservation sequence: isolate the aisle, document shelves, and bag products showing signs of compromise. Officers examined wrappers for small punctures, measured the placement of the cuts relative to the loaf position and noted whether the blades were visible without handling the bread. Store staff began pulling nearby products as a precaution and rescanning recent returns. Police said they are cross-checking receipts from the dates cited in complaints to establish a tight timeline and to identify potential witnesses who may have handled the packages on the shelf.
Authorities said they are treating the case as product tampering, a felony under Mississippi law that can carry prison time when a suspect knowingly places a harmful object into goods offered for sale. The department did not announce any charges Monday and said it is too early to determine motive. Detectives said they will consult with county prosecutors once they complete the initial canvass and review of video. Walmart said it is cooperating with the investigation and expanded inspections to both stores, with additional checks planned this week.
Customers who shopped the bakery sections at either location in the last two weeks have contacted police with questions about what was found, according to the department. Officers said no injuries have been reported and hospitals did not flag related incidents. Investigators cautioned that many details remain unknown, including the total number of tampered packages and the precise hours when blades were inserted. They said leads now hinge on camera angles that capture hands lingering near wrapped loaves and on inventory logs that show when boxes were opened or shelves were reset.
As of late Tuesday, officers had completed evidence collection at both stores and were cataloging video from interior cameras and entrances. Detectives expect to outline a narrower time window once they match stocking records with surveillance clips. The next milestone is administrative: delivering early findings to prosecutors and determining whether to release still images from video this week.
Author note: Last updated December 16, 2025.