There’s Something Horrible Happening To People That Shop At Walmart….

A couple received quite the scare while shopping at a Wadsworth Walmart recently when they discovered a razor blade concealed in a cart handle.

The incident is not uncommon across the country, Walmart officials say this has become an issue for many retailers. Law enforcement has informed the company it is a shoplifting issue, where thieves will stash a razor blade in the shopping cart handle in order to cut tags of merchandise.

It appears in some cases the blade is left behind and in at least one case hurts an unsuspecting customer.

The incident occurred at a Walmart located in the 200 block of Smokers Drive. Cheryl Johnson spoke with Cleveland 19 News, stating she and her husband, Mel, were shopping at night when her husband went to move an abandoned shopping cart out of the aisle. That is when Johnson felt a sharp poke and realized he cut himself with a razor. It was sticking out of the shopping cart’s handle.

The blade, as shown in the picture taken by Cheryl, was upside down. Luckily, her husband was only pricked by its edge. The Johnsons reported it to Walmart staff and management and filed an incident report with the store. Johnson says she’s afraid this is something that might be going on nationally. So she is trying to alert customers as much as she can to avoid any more accidents.

This isn’t the first incident that occurred at a Walmart. In 2015, a woman in Dawson was shopping at her local Walmart, when her son noticed something underneath the handles while using a wipe to clean the edges.

Lisa Zimmerman said her son told her something metal was poking out of the handle. She discovered a long surgical razor blade, embedded in the handle. Zimmerman was terrified, saying she likely would have sliced her hand if she hadn’t wiped the handle with a sanitizing wipe before.

Zimmerman’s local Walmart also responded to the incident. They said store workers immediately checked other shopping carts but found no other razor blades. The store also checked surveillance footage for potential suspects, but couldn’t find any information.

Watch the video report below for more details:

Sources: AWM, Cleveland 19 News