00:00Welcome in to WLOX News Now at Midday. I'm Brandy McGill. We're starting with a developing story. Biloxi Police announced
00:07today that there have been incidents with razor blades being found in loaves of bread sold at some retail stores.
00:14We're learning new information now and Noah Noble is joining us live with the latest on that. Noah.
00:23Brandy, lots of new information we're learning this morning about razor blades that were shoved into loaves of bread at
00:29two Walmart locations here in Biloxi. And we're also learning this morning that this has been going on for more
00:34than a week and it has taken Walmart apparently more than 10 days to contact police about this issue. Also
00:41new this morning, we're receiving pictures. Check these out that were sent to us from a viewer who purchased a
00:46loaf of bread. Let me bring you up to speed on this. Yesterday, Monday,
00:50Biloxi Police around noon received a call from Walmart here on CT Switzer, the Walmart Superstore that managers have been
00:57receiving complaints from customers finding razors in their bread. When workers in the deli went to inspect loaves of bread,
01:03they found even more razor blades. A Biloxi police officer showed up, took a report. A little while later, Biloxi
01:09police was called again, this time from the neighborhood Walmart on Pass Road in Biloxi. And they reported the same
01:15thing, finding razors shoved into loaves of bread. This morning, investigators are called
01:20combing through surveillance video, combing through surveillance video, trying to find the person responsible for shoving these razor blades. And
01:24we're also learning that this has been going on for at least more than a week now. Biloxi police telling
01:30us that on December 5th, the super center here on CT Switzer had a customer report that they found a
01:36razor blade in a banana nut muffin. So this is going beyond just loaves of bread. Apparently, police were not
01:43called on December 7th or excuse me, on December 5th. And then two days later on December 7th, the neighborhood
01:48Walmart on Pass Road
01:49found a razor blade in a loaf of bread. Still, police were not called. Walmart did not contact police, at
01:55least from what investigators are telling us, until yesterday. 10 days since they found the first razor blade in a
02:02food product here. Walmart is asking customers who buy loaves of bread to inspect them very carefully before consuming them
02:09or before really, I would argue, even taking them out of the bag, I would be checking them. And while
02:14we've only been hearing this from Walmart, it's not a bad idea because this has happened at two different locations.
02:19to really be inspecting any food product that you get. And it's just a reminder that we really do always
02:24have to be vigilant about these things. I'll be speaking to Biloxi police here in a minute and we'll be
02:27bringing you the latest in the evening news. Live in Biloxi, I'm Noah Noble for WLOX News Now.
