A 33-year-old Texas woman was arrested Tuesday after investigators say razor blades were pushed into loaves of bread and other baked goods at two Walmart stores in Biloxi over an 11-day span. Police said the tampering was discovered after customer complaints at a Supercenter on CT Switzer Sr. Drive and later tied to additional items at a Neighborhood Market on Pass Road.
Authorities identified the suspect as Camille Benson and said she faces an attempted mayhem charge. A judge set bond at $100,000. Detectives said early reports dated to purchases on Dec. 5 and Dec. 8, when customers later found blades in a loaf from each store. A third complaint on Dec. 14 triggered a shelf-by-shelf check that uncovered more loaves with punctured wrapping. No injuries have been reported. Walmart said it removed potentially affected products and is cooperating with the investigation. Police emphasized there is no indication the tampering occurred in the supply chain; evidence points to interference on the sales floor or in back-room staging areas at the two Biloxi locations.
Managers at the Supercenter told officers they received complaints from a couple of shoppers Monday around noon and began inspecting bread racks, where employees noticed thin slits in plastic and a glint of metal near the center slices of several loaves. Officers documented the aisle, collected blades and packaging, and notified other area stores to be alert. As detectives worked the case, a manager at the Pass Road Neighborhood Market reported a similar customer claim tied to a loaf purchased earlier in the week. Investigators said the blades appeared to have been slid through shrink-wrap and withdrawn to leave the metal lodged in the bread, a method that could evade casual inspection. “This appears to be in-store tampering,” Biloxi Police Lt. Candace Young said, describing a timeline built from receipts and camera footage.
Police said the bakery section accounted for all known incidents and that most items were basic white or sandwich loaves. An earlier, unreported complaint involved a banana-nut muffin purchased Dec. 5. Detectives are sorting through hours of video from bakery aisles, entrances and stockroom doors to place a suspect near the displays at specific times. The department said it does not believe other Walmart locations beyond the two Biloxi stores were targeted. Walmart staff pulled nearby products as a precaution and rescanned recent returns for compromised packaging. Investigators are preserving the metal pieces for lab checks that could reveal fingerprints or trace residues, though officials cautioned it is unknown whether useful prints survived handling and plastic friction.
By Tuesday afternoon, police announced Benson’s arrest and said she had traveled from Texas. Investigators did not detail a motive. Court records list the charge as attempted mayhem, a Mississippi felony that can apply when someone places a harmful object into goods offered for sale with potential to maim. Detectives executed search warrants and began cataloging any blades, receipts, or tools recovered. Officials said they would compare lot numbers and shelf logs against video to establish how many packages were compromised, how long they sat on display, and whether one endcap or multiple racks were targeted. Authorities said no evidence suggests a wider conspiracy or participation by store employees.
Both affected stores sit in busy corridors that funnel holiday shoppers between Biloxi and Gulfport. The Supercenter on CT Switzer Sr. Drive draws interstate traffic from I-10, while the Pass Road Neighborhood Market serves dense commercial blocks a few miles west. The locations carry extensive camera coverage, but the angle over bread shelves does not capture every hand that lingers on a wrapper, investigators said. In similar tampering cases, police often rely on triangulating receipts, stocking scans and identifiable clothing — a hat, a jacket color — to follow a single person from entry to aisle and back out to a vehicle. Officers said they are also checking whether any incidents correlate with known shoplifting calls or customer-service interactions that lasted longer than usual near the bakery.
Walmart issued a statement saying customer safety is a priority and that the company “removed and thoroughly inspected all potentially affected products.” Managers completed overnight resets in the bakery section and expanded spot checks to adjacent shelves. The company said it is assisting with video retrieval and providing transaction data linked to times the loaves likely went on display. Police did not release the total count of blades recovered. Hospitals in the area reported no injuries connected to the case. Investigators said public attention spiked after photos of punctured packaging circulated locally, leading to additional calls from shoppers who wanted to know whether their purchases were part of the time window under review.
While the investigation is active, officials outlined what they know and what remains uncertain. Known: at least three customer discoveries bracket the 11-day span, and a staff inspection found several more loaves with metal embedded. Unknown: the precise number of tampered packages, whether any brands were singled out, and whether the suspect visited both stores on the same day. Police said early evidence indicates the blades were standard double-edge or utility style, inserted from the side or top to nestle inside the bread. Detectives are testing whether the wrapper punctures are visible to the eye versus detectable only by touch, a distinction that informs how displays might be arranged for better visibility.
Tampering cases are rare but carry outsize community impact because they strike at routine errands. In coastal Mississippi, December grocery runs mix with tourists headed to casinos and local families loading up for holiday meals. Managers described waves of concern — a flurry at the service desk, then clusters of shoppers gathering at the end of the aisle as police taped off a section of shelving. “We know this rattled people,” one store leader said, adding that teams worked into the night to swap stock and field questions from regulars who recognized employees by name. By late evening, the aisles reopened with fresh product and signage removed, though detectives returned to take additional measurements of shelf heights and camera sightlines.
Legally, the case now moves into federal–state coordination typical for product tampering. Local prosecutors will review evidence supporting the attempted mayhem charge while federal partners consider whether interstate elements — such as travel or use of communication services to plan tampering — trigger additional statutes. For now, Benson remains jailed on the state count. A detention decision and any indictment deadlines will be set at initial court appearances in Harrison County. If authorities uncover proof of broader planning, officials said, additional charges could follow. Walmart and police both said they would consider releasing still images from surveillance as the case proceeds, subject to legal approvals.
In the neighborhoods around both stores, customers described double-takes at home when the news broke, with some recalling the earlier era of trick-or-treat scares and others noting the odd specificity of bread being the focus. One mother said she returned a loaf after seeing a small slit in the plastic and later received a call from a manager confirming officers collected it as evidence. A retiree who shops Pass Road most mornings said he noticed employees lingering near the racks and quietly steering people to other aisles while police worked. “It’s the kind of thing you never expect on a normal Monday,” he said.
As of Tuesday night, police said all known tampered items had been removed and cataloged, and that there was no indication of additional affected stores. Investigators plan to complete a video review from Dec. 4 through Dec. 15 and to deliver a preliminary case packet to prosecutors this week. The next milestone is administrative: a court appearance for Benson to address the charge and bond, followed by lab reports on any fingerprints or residues recovered from the metal pieces and packaging.
Author note: Last updated December 16, 2025.