This is my seventh
annual round-up of reports of tampered Halloween treats. As in other years,
most cases will remain unresolved.
Hartford Courant
30 October 2016
Suspicion Of Doctored Halloween Candy In
Clinton
[…] A child at the
Monster Mash received a fun-size box of Dots candy, police said. An examination
of the box showed it had been opened and then glued back shut.
"Dots candy
routinely come in assorted colors in each box. This box, once opened by the
resident tonight, revealed that all the Dots inside were the same color -
red," Sgt. Jeremiah Dunn said. "It is unknown if the candy inside the
box was also tampered with."
One end of the
candy box showed a glob of glue under the flap, a sign that it had been
tampered with, Dunn said. […]
Wakeman [Ohio]
Police Department
30 October 2016
CAUTION: It was
brought our attention by a couple people that some candy passed out in town
today is very suspicious. If you and your children have Lemonheads from trick
or treating today please double check them. There are multiple instances of the
packages being opened slightly and the candy itself looking disorted. Please
check all candy before letting anyone eat it!
Chicago Tribune
31 October 2016
Sheriff: Small needle found in Beach Park
child's Halloween candy bag
Frank S.
Abderholden
The Lake County
Sheriff's Office reported Monday that a needle device commonly used by
diabetics to check sugar levels in the blood was found inside a child's
trick-or-treat candy bag on Sunday in the Cambridge subdivision of Beach Park.
A family called
sheriff's deputies after they found the item in their child's bag, but they
were unsure of who placed the needle inside the bag of treats or when it
occurred, said sheriff's spokesman Det. Christopher Covelli. The device is used
to prick the tip of a finger to check blood sugars, he said.
Deputies conducted
a search of the neighborhood, going door-to-door in areas where the family had
been trick-or-treating, and Covelli said detectives are trying to determine
whether or not it was intentionally placed inside the child's bag. […]
Wisconsin State
Journal
31 October 2016
Pill found in Halloween candy, Fort Atkinson
police say
BILL NOVAK
Parents are being
advised to go through their children's treats from Halloween after a pill was
discovered in a child's candy bag in Fort Atkinson.
Police were
notified of the discovery on Sunday, after a pill which was identified as a
blood pressure medication was found in the bag. […]
The Daily Item
[Sunbury, PA]
31 October 2016
Police: Man put hunting knife in 3-year-old's
Halloween basket
COAL TOWNSHIP —
Officers said a Coal Township man allegedly placed a 4 1/2-inch hunting knife
in a Halloween basket of a 3-year-old on Saturday and warned the child to be
careful because "it's real," according to Coal Township police.
Harold Carter, 35,
was arrested after police said they were stopped by the parent of the child and
explained the incident and showed police the knife, according to court
documents. […]
WISC-TV [Madison,
WI]
21 October 2016
Police receive report of screw in Halloween
candy
PORTAGE, Wis. -
Portage police said they received at least one report Monday night of Halloween
candy that had been tampered with.
According to a
Facebook post, a small screw was found inside the candy bar of a
trick-or-treater who was in the area of the 200 to 700 blocks between West
Edgewater and West Wisconsin streets. […]
WTTG-TV
[Washington, DC]
31 October 2016
Police: Syringe found in child's candy bag
after Halloween trick-or-treating
GLEN BURNIE, Md. -
Anne Arundel County police say they are investigating a report of a syringe
being found inside a child’s trick-or-treating bag on Halloween.
According to
police, officers responded to Gordon Drive in Glen Burnie at around 7:30 p.m.
after the child’s parents claimed that they found the needleless syringe mixed
in with candy inside the bag.
Police said it is
unknown where it came from or who is responsible for handing out the syringe.
[…]
Monroe News [MI]
31 October 2016
SCARY! Needle found in Halloween candy
By Ray Kisonas
A Monroe father is
upset after a needle was found protruding from a candy bar that was collected
by his son during trick-or-tricking on Monday.
Ryan Miekos said
the sewing needle was intentionally jammed into a Nestle Crunch Bar and
actually pricked his sister-in-law’s finger when she reached into his
5-year-old son’s plastic pumpkin. […]
WSAZ-TV [West
Virginia]
31 October 2016
Needle found in Halloween candy
MINGO COUNTY,
W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A parent made a shocking discovery Monday night after their
child was trick-or-treating in parts of Mingo County and Pike County, Kentucky.
The parent was
going through their child's candy when they discovered a needle in a mini
Snickers bar, the Mingo County Sheriff's Department reports. […]
CBC News [Canada]
1 November 2016
Razor blade found in Spryfield boy's
Halloween candy, say police
12-year-old slashed thumb open when reaching
into candy stash
By Haydn Watters,
CBC News
Halifax Regional
Police are investigating after they say a 12-year-old boy cut his thumb on a
razor blade found in his stash of Halloween candy.
Police said the
blade was found in the wrapper of a Kit Kat bar on Monday evening when the boy
was going through his trick-or-treat bag.
He got a bloody
thumb, but there weren't any further injuries. […]
Michigan Live
1 November 2016
Police suspect razor blade hidden in child's
Halloween candy
John Agar
MANISTEE COUNTY,
MI – Police say a sharp piece of metal was found inside a child's Halloween
candy.
It appears that a
razor blade was cut to fit inside a Tootsie Roll, authorities said.
The item was found
by a parent on Monday, Oct. 31, after a night of trick-or-treating in Manistee
County's Village of Wellson. […]
Global News
[Canada]
1 November 2016
Rum bottle leaking ‘suspicious fluid’ found
in Ontario girl’s trick-or-treat bag: police
By Nick Westoll
Halton police are
warning the public after a small rum bottle leaking a clear “suspicious fluid”
was found in a 12-year-old Milton, Ont., girl’s trick-or-treat bag.
Police said the
girl’s mother found the bottle while inspecting her daughter’s bag of candy
Monday evening.
“The seal on the
bottle had been compromised and was leaking slightly when it was turned over to
police,” officers said in a statement Tuesday morning.
Police sealed the
bottle and sent the liquid away for analysis to determine if it was alcohol or
another substance. […]
CBC News [Canada]
1 November 2016
No needles in Halloween candy, Ottawa police
say
Mother called 911 reporting child found
sewing needle in chocolate bar
Hours after
issuing a warning over sewing needles found in at least three Halloween
chocolate bars in east Ottawa, police now say the report was "unfounded."
"Our
completed investigation has confirmed that the complaint was unfounded,"
police tweeted at 11:40 a.m. "There was no tampering with candy by a
stranger." [“[N]o tampering with candy by a stranger” is a euphemistic way
to say the child did it. – Brian]
Police had said an
Ottawa child bit into a chocolate bar containing a needle — but was not injured
— after trick-or-treating around Meadowbrook Road in the east end.
The child's mother
called 911 around 10:30 p.m. on Halloween to report the dangerous candy after
finding needles in two more chocolate bars, police said. […]
Ottawa Citizen
1 November 2016
Investigation shows reports of needles in
candy unfounded, Ottawa police say
Vito Pilieci
The Ottawa Police
Service said Tuesday an investigation has shown that a report that needles had
been found in a child’s Halloween candy was “unfounded.”
“Our completed
investigation has confirmed that the complaint was unfounded. There was no
tampering with candy by a stranger,” police tweeted shortly before noon.
Police said that,
after a meeting with the child and his parents, it was determined the child
made up the story and there would be no charges in the incident.
The shocking
report had swept across social media Tuesday morning after police said a parent
in the Meadowbrook area called Monday night to say their child had bitten into
a chocolate bar and found a needle. The parent checked the rest of the candy
and found needles in at least three individually wrapped chocolate bars.
Carroll County
Times [MD]
1 November 2016
Metal found in Taneytown trick-or-treater's
lollipop
By Heather Norris
Police in
Taneytown are reminding adults to check children's' Halloween candy stash this
year after at least one parent found a surprise in their child's trick-or-treat
bag Monday night.
A concerned
citizen brought an officer a lollipop with a small piece of metal in the stick
found during trick-or-treating, Taneytown Police Chief Bill Tyler said. […]
KTRE-TV [Pollok,
TX]
31 October 2016
Angelina County mom finds needle in Halloween
candy
By John-Carlos
Estrada
HUNTINGTON, TX
(KTRE) - A warning for parents out on this Halloween night check your kids
candy after they come home from trick-o-treating.
According to
Sabrina Maxie, of Huntington, she found a long needle in her 11-year-old's
Halloween candy.
She says her
family went trick-o-treating around the Wilson and Huntington area Monday
night. […]
Brandon Sun
[Manitoba]
1 November 2016
Syringes found in Halloween candy
The public is
concerned after a syringe was found mixed in with a Halloween treat bag.
On Monday at 8:30
p.m., Brandon police responded to a report that a syringe had been located in a
bag that was used by children to trick-or-treat.
A 13-year-old girl
and 15-year-old girl told police that they found an unused syringe in a treat
bag after returning home on Halloween.
In a separate
incident, Paris Roulette told CTV that she found a syringe in her child’s bag
of treats.
The syringe was
loose within her seven-year-old’s candy.
It is unclear if
the two incidents are related.
Brandon Sun
[Manitoba]
7 November 2016
Halloween syringe incident blamed on pet cat
By: Brandon Sun
The finding of a
syringe in a Halloween treat bag last week in Brandon has been blamed on the
actions of a pet cat.
Last Monday,
Brandon police officers responded to a report that a syringe was located in a
bag that was used by kids to trick-or-treat. A 13-year-old girl and 15-year-old
girl told officers that they found the unused syringe in a treat bag after
returning home on Halloween.
The syringe, which
according to police was an unused needle with a cap on it, was found loosely in
the candy. It wasn’t concealed within any treats.
This morning,
police issued notice that the incident was not malicious in nature. The syringe
was knocked into a bowl of Halloween treats by a pet cat that spilled a box of
insulin syringes.
The syringe was
then unintentionally put into the treat bag.
Police say this
was the only incident of this type reported to police, and that any references
to a seven-year-old child being involved that were reported at the time have
been determined to be false.
http://globalnews.ca/news/3038361/niagara-police-say-muscle-relaxant-pills-found-in-halloween-candy/
Global News
[Canada]
1 November 2016
Niagara police say muscle relaxant pills
found in Halloween candy
By Nick Westoll
Niagara regional
police are investigating after four prescription muscle relaxant pills were
found in a St. Catharines, Ont., child’s Halloween candy bag Monday.
Police said the
child’s parent found the loose pills while inspecting the candy the child
collected while trick-or-treating. Officers later determined the pills were
muscle relaxants. […]
Pelham News
1 November 2016
UPDATE: Pills among candy unintentional, NRP
says
Police are warning
the public to thoroughly check Halloween candy after prescription pills were
found in a trick-or-treater’s bag in St. Catharines. […]
Late Tuesday
night, police issued a news release stating they had identified the source of
the pills and that they had unintentionally ended up with the candy.
Police said there
is no reason to believe a criminal offence occurred. […]
WSAW-TV [Wausau,
WI]
1 November 2016
Metal nail found inside Halloween candy,
police investigating
Wisconsin Rapids,
Wis., (WSAW) The Wisconsin Rapids Police Department is warning parents to
lookout for tampered Halloween candy after a family found a metal nail inside
of a green sour apple tootsie roll Monday night. […]
KMSP-TV
[Minneapolis, MN]
1 November 2016
Kit Kat bar containing pill found in
Halloween candy
By Rose Heaphy
BIG LAKE, Minn.
(KMSP) - A family checking their Halloween candy in Big Lake, Minnesota found a
Kit Kat with a pill in it, according to the Big Lake Police Department.
On Monday night at
about 8 p.m., when family members were examining their trick-or-treating candy,
they discovered an opened Kit Kat bar that had a yellow pill partially stuck in
the chocolate.
Police say the
pill was not concealed and was plainly placed on top of the candy bar.
Officials identified the pill as Cyclobenzaprine, which is a muscle relaxer. […]
Metro News [West
Virginia]
1 November 2016
Additional testing for candy filled with
foreign substance in Harrison County
By Alex
Wiederspiel
CLARKSBURG, W.Va.
— A white, powdery substance was discovered inside or covering “Dots” candy by
two families who were trick-or-treating in the Clarksburg area, Monday night.
One child was
hospitalized after suffering a burning sensation when the powder touched skin.
There has been no
word on the child’s condition.
The family had
apparently been going door-to-door in the Anmoore, Stonewood, and Nutter Fort
areas.
Initial testing of
the substance came up negative for drugs, but Clarksburg Police Chief Robbie
Hilliard told MetroNews additional testing will be done.
New Jersey State
Police
1 November 2016
State Police Detectives Investigate Report of
Needle Found in Halloween Candy
Detectives and
troopers from the New Jersey State Police Port Norris Station are investigating
the report of a needle found in Halloween candy collected in Commercial
Township, Cumberland County.
The victim told
detectives that between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. she discovered a sewing needle in a
Tootsie Roll candy that her child collected during trick-or-treat earlier in
the evening. […]
CBC News [Canada]
2 November 2016
White pill found in bag of Halloween
jellybeans, say Amherst police
Amherst [NS]
police are investigating after a local family says a small white pill was found
in a bag of jellybeans, part of a young girl's Halloween candy stash.
Police said the
girl was trick-or-treating in downtown Amherst on Monday evening. The Amherst
Police Service said it learned about the pill through a Facebook post and
reached out to the family. The family told police they found the pill when they
were going through the girl's candy bag.
Const. Randy
Babineau said the pill looks to be an "illicit drug of some sort."
Police are sending it to Ottawa for forensic testing and will continue the
investigation based on those results.
Babineau said the
pill is deteriorating and has no markings on it.
"It's
unconfirmed what the pill actually is," he told CBC News.
Local Express
[Halifax, NS]
1 November 2016
Halifax police investigate another report of
razor blade in Halloween treat
A 13-year-old Dartmouth girl found a blade
inserted inside the wrapper of a chocolate bar.
John McPhee
Halifax Regional
Police are investigating another report of a razor blade inserted into
Halloween candy.
A 13-year-old
Dartmouth girl was going through her Halloween candy Tuesday morning when she
found a razor blade inserted inside the wrapper of a chocolate bar, police said
in a news release. […]
WCPO-TV
[Cincinnati, OH]
1 November 2016
PD: Man put genitals in candy bucket on
Halloween
DEER PARK, Ohio --
A Deer Park man was arrested Monday after he put his genitals in a candy
bucket, police said.
Police said Andrew
Jaccod, 34, "knowingly displayed his (genitals) to a child under age 13
for sexual gratification."
Jaccod placed his
genitals in a bucket of candy at a home on the 4200 block of Clifford Avenue in
Deer Park on Halloween night, according to arrest documents.
Jaccod is charged
with disseminating harmful matter to juveniles and two counts of public
indecency.
Hamilton County
deputies arrested him Monday night; in court Tuesday, he was given a $100,000
bond.
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/emergencies/2016/11/01/barnegat-pd-pin-found-candy-bar/93136860/
Asbury Park Press
[NJ]
1 November 2016
Barnegat PD: pin found in candy bar
Amanda Oglesby
BARNEGAT – Police
are urging residents to carefully inspect Halloween candy after a child found a
small pin in the center of a Kit Kat candy bar collected from a home in the
Timbers section of township, Police Lt. Keith Germain said.
"It appears
the packaging had been tampered with," he said. "The kid kind of
broke the bar in half and observed it." […]
Chicago Tribune
1 November 2016
Syringe found in Lake Villa treat-or-treat
bag
Frank S.
Abderholden
A syringe with a
small amount of clear liquid but no needle was found in an 11-year-old Lake
Villa boy's trick-or-treat bag after he made the rounds in the Painted Lakes
subdivision on Halloween.
Police Chief Craig
Somerville said authorities received a call about the syringe just before 7
p.m. and the family said they had been going door to door in that subdivision
on the northeast side of town getting candy. He said there were no other
reports of suspicious activity, and the syringe and liquid has been sent to the
crime laboratory for analysis. […]
Windsor Star [ON]
1 November 2016
Windsor mom shocked to find needle in
daughter's Halloween candy
Dalson Chen
Young Windsor mom
Angela Magyar assumed her Forest Glade neighbourhood was safe for
trick-or-treating with her daughter — but that was before she discovered a
sewing needle embedded in a piece of candy on Halloween night.
“I’m just in
shock,” said Magyar, 25. “It just goes to show you what kind of people there are
in Windsor.”
Magyar said she
and her boyfriend Jaime Hernandez took their two-year-old daughter Ava on a
long trick-or-treating trip on Monday evening, visiting homes on three streets:
Lynngrove Crescent, Esplanade Drive, and Melville Drive.
Magyar estimated
they stopped at more than 100 addresses that evening. It was the last of a
series of trick-or-treating trips her little family had taken over the weekend,
including visits to Halloween-themed events at the Children’s Safety Village,
Walkerville and Tecumseh Mall.
According to
Magyar, blind luck led to her stumbling upon the dangerously tainted candy — a
miniature Mars Bar with a sharp metal spike.
“As soon as we got
home, I dumped everything out and was checking (the candy),” Magyar said. “It
poked me. I gave it to my boyfriend, he was feeling it, and it poked him, too.”
Magyar said closer
inspection revealed that a steel sewing needle had been shoved into the
chocolate bar length-wise. The spike was long enough to pierce someone pressing
the wrapper, but not long enough to be obvious.
Hernandez pulled
the needle all the way out of the candy. Magyar said it looked like a sewing
needle with its eye loop broken — so that it would be sharp on both ends. […]
The Northern View
[Prince Rupert, BC]
1 November 2016
Tainted Halloween candy found in haul
A tainted piece of
candy was discovered in the Prince Rupert area after a trick or treater
discovered a small-sized chocolate bar with a pin wedged inside.
Prince Rupert RCMP
spoke to an individual who made a post on social media about the piece of
candy, and are still in the early phases of their investigation. […]
The Southern
Illinoisan
1 November 2016
Perry County
Du Quoin Police investigating incident in
which 'pill' was found in cookie
Stephanie Esters
Du Quoin Police
are looking into how a substance that looks like a pill might have found its
way into a cookie given out on Halloween night.
The object was
discovered in the cookie by an adult relative of the child who received it, Du
Quoin Police Chief Jamie Ellermeyer said.
He said Du Quoin
police investigators do not believe the couple who handed out the cookies, who
appear to be in their 60s, bore any responsibility for the object being in the
cookie. He said investigators said the object had a minty smell. It will be
sent to the crime lab for testing.
He said the couple
received the cookies, which he described as Oreos, from another source and was
trying to help.
"We
definitely believe that the people who handed it out had no ill malice in this
whatsoever," Ellermeyer said. "We just believe that it was a
situation (in which) someone else put it in there."
Ellermeyer said
the couple gave about out 24 cookies and this is believed to be the only one
that sparked a complaint.
KIRO-TV [Seattle,
WA]
1 November 2016
Families: Nail, screw found in North Sound
Halloween candy
Two Marysville
families were the victim of a terrifying Halloween trick.
A 12-year-old boy
found a nail in a mini Snickers bar and a 10-year-old boy discovered a screw in
a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.
The first family
immediately called Marysville police and the second is in the process of filing
a report. […]
WDAF-TV [Kansas
City, MO]
1 November 2016
Metro kids find dangerous items in Halloween
candy
by Melissa Stern
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
-- For most kids last night's trick or treating was fun, and a good way to load
up on sweets.
But not everyone
came away all smiles, as it was more trick than treat for some metro kids.
“They asked me to
have candy about halfway through, and I said 'no, wait until we get home. Let's
spread all the candy out, just to check.' That's what we did growing up,” said
David Ayers.
Ayers was heading
home with his 11-year-old twins, Carley and Carson, after trick-or-treating in
Brittany Woodscastle, a KCMO neighborhood near Zona Rosa.
"We got back
in the car, and that's when they both yelled at me, 'hey look. There's a razor
blade,' and I said 'no there's not. Let me see it,' and they pulled out the big
box blade-looking thing, and I was just in shock,” Ayers added.
He said it was
sitting right on top of the candy, with the box blade out about an inch or so.
[…]
In another nearby
neighborhood, Clayton Meadows between 68th street and Waukomis off 169-Highway,
other kids got "screwed." Someone handed out a note [“You got
SCREW-ED”] and a four-inch screw. […]
WANE-TV [Fort
Wayne, IN]
1 November 2016
Fremont firefighter finds tacks, nail in
children’s trick-or-treat candy
COLDWATER, Mich.
(WANE) A Fremont firefighter reportedly came across tacks and a nail inside
candy that his children had gathered trick-or-treating Halloween evening in
southern Michigan. […]
The Chronicle [WA]
1 November 2016
Centralia Police Investigate Report of Girls
Sickened by Halloween Candy
The Centralia
Police Department is investigating a report that two teens were sickened after
eating Halloween candy Monday night, but police do not believe the girls were
intentionally exposed to any “harmful substance.”
At 9:06 p.m. on
Monday, police and EMS responded to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street in
Centralia after receiving a report that two 13-year-old girls were sickened
after eating candy after trick-or-treating.
The girls were
taken to Providence Centralia Hospital as a precaution.
Police
investigated the incident and learned that the girls only went to one residence
while trick-or-treating. They contacted the occupants of that house and found
that the candy they gave out was store-bought and had not been tampered with.
The resident voluntarily surrendered the candy to investigators.
Depending on the
outcome of medical tests, investigators might test the candy. […]
Winchester Star
[VA]
1 November 2016
Frederick police say needle found in
Halloween candy, urge caution
By Onofrio Castiglia
WINCHESTER – The
Frederick County Sheriff’s Office is reminding people to check their children’s
Halloween candy after a needle was found in a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup on
Tuesday.
Capt. Donnie Lang
said Tuesday that deputies received a call Tuesday from the “general area” of
Pioneer Heights, near Greenwood Road, that a 13-year-old had “found a needle”
in the single-serving of candy after opening it and pulling it apart.
“We’re really not
sure how the needle got there,” Lang said, noting that the Sheriff’s Office
wanted to reiterated the warnings it sends out every year.
He said the needle
was similar to a cloth [safety] pin, not a hypodermic needle.
No other details
were available Tuesday.
WSLS-TV [Roanoke,
VA]
1 November 2016
Christiansburg Police: 13-year-old finds
needle in Halloween candy
CHRISTIANSBURG
(WSLS 10) Christiansburg Police received a report on Tuesday night in reference
to a 13-year-old girl who found what appeared to be a needle in a piece of Laffy
Taffy candy she obtained during trick-or-treating on Monday.
The girl’s parents
called police, and an officer responded to their Christiansburg home on Tuesday
night and confiscated the candy. The child did bite into the candy, which had
been wrapped in Laffy Taffy packaging, and was stuck by what appeared to be a
needle.
The candy,
packaging and object will be sent for analysis. […]
The Roanoke Times
2 November 2016
Needle in candy is false report, town of
Christiansburg says
By Mike Gangloff
A report that a
Christiansburg teen bit into a needle placed in her Halloween candy is not
true, a town news release said Wednesday.
"After
further discussions this morning with the 13-year-old girl who reported an
object in her Halloween candy, Christiansburg Police have determined a false
report was made," said a short statement issued by Christiansburg
spokeswoman Melissa Powell. "The candy was not altered by a third party.
We have no additional information to release at this time."
The town had
announced Tuesday that a family reported their daughter had been stuck by a
needle found inside a piece of Laffy Taffy candy. The girl had received the
candy Monday while trick-or-treating in Christiansburg.
The Newnan
Times-Herald [GA] | 2 November 2016
Sharpsburg man says girl got a razor in
Halloween bucket
By Clay Neely
A Sharpsburg man
is looking for answers after reporting the discovery of a razor blade in his
teenage daughter’s Halloween bucket.
On Monday night,
Mike Bibler said he was going through his daughter’s candy after she returned
from trick-or-treating in the Kensington Estates neighborhood in Sharpsburg.
His daughter
Emily, 17, had been out for several hours with friends before returning home
around 8:30 p.m., Bibler said. As soon as she returned home, he dumped the
contents of her bucket onto a baking sheet to inspect the candy.
“Everything looked
okay to me,” he said. “I put each piece of candy back in the bucket
individually and gave it back to her."
As soon as Emily
returned to her room, she called out for her dad, saying something had poked
her while she was digging through the bucket.
“We dumped it out
again, and a tiny little razor fell out,” he said. “It looked like a disposable
razor someone had cut into pieces."
[…]
KPRC-TV [Houston,
TX]
1 November 2016
Houston-area parents find dangerous material
in children's Halloween candy
By Keith Garvin
HOUSTON - Daniel
Marks' son scored big when he went trick-or-treating in his Memorial-area
neighborhood Monday night.
He collected
chocolate bars, hard candy and all sorts of goodies, just as he had expected.
What he didn't
think he'd find when he got home was liquid ant poison.
The 9-year-old
found the poison in his bag of candy.
"I don't know
whether someone meant to harm someone or whatever it was," said Marks.
"It was still very shocking."
The Marks family
is not the only family to report disturbing finds from Monday night to Channel
2.
A mother in
Kingwood posted pictures on Facebook of a needle she said she found inside one
of the candy bars her child collected on Halloween night.
She said she
discovered it because she always inspects the candy.
And a third case
has been brought to Channel 2's attention.
In West
University, a youngster was eating a candy bar when he noticed a piece of metal
inside.
"I'm not
going to eat any of the rest of my Halloween candy," said Hyatt Brown.
"I'm kind of creeped out." […]
KPNX-TV [Phoenix,
AZ]
1 November 2016
Mesa family: We found found a razor in
children's Halloween candy
Monique Griego
MESA, Ariz. - It’s
a cautionary tale that always pops up when the pumpkins roll out: Razors in
Halloween candy.
“It’s always an
urban legend -- we've never come across anything like that before,” said Vicki
Mataipule.
But this
Halloween, the warning to check your trick or treat candy for hidden dangers is
exactly what one Mesa family is warning everyone to do after what they say they
found in a mini Snickers bar.
The Mataipule kids
had just wrapped up a night of trick-or-treating and were about to dive into
their candy.
“Father said ‘Make
sure you check the candy and make sure it's not poisoned,’” Vicki said, “Of
course, you never think there's going to be anything in the candy.”
They all laughed
but did it anyway.
“We were looking
through the candy and I picked up a Snickers and it was slightly slit open at
the bottom,” said Nikole Mataipule, Vicki’s teenage daughter.
“She opens it more
and just sees metal and it (the Snickers bar) rumbles apart and you just see a
giant metal razor,” said her brother 10-year-old Josh Mataipule.
A full-size razor
blade, hidden inside the mini chocolate bar. […]
Western Mass News
1 November 2016
Bottle of vodka found among child's Halloween
candy
[…] Walpole Police
are urging parents to check their children's candy after one child in their
town received a small bottle of vodka in their candy on Monday night. Police
added that a six year old discovered the bottle after trick-or-treating on
Haynes Street and Vane Streets in Walpole. […]
The News [New
Glasgow, NS]
1 November 2016
Westville police investigating report of
razor blade in chocolate bar
A Westville mother
is warning people to be vigilant about checking Halloween candy after she said
her daughter found a razor blade in treats collected on Monday night.
Sheri MacDonald
said her 16-year-old daughter Victoria went trick or treating in Westville, and
when she came home she sorted her candy.
“She opened a mini
Kit Kat bar and a razor blade… flung out,” she said. “I told her not to touch
it.”
MacDonald called
the Pictou District RCMP, who came to the house to collect the offending treat.
“I hope and pray they can pick up a fingerprint off it.”
MacDonald is upset
about the incident, and said her daughter is nervous about eating her candy.
“What I want to
put out there is to watch your kids,” she said. “He could have killed my
daughter.”
Westville Police
Chief Don Hussher said his department is also investigating the incident. […]
News Tribune [La
Salle, IL]
31 October 2016
Candy with cannabis given out during
trick-or-treat
PRINCETON — Candy
discovered in Manlius was found to contain cannabis — and police are urging
parents to keep an eye out for more like it.
Bureau County
Sheriff’s Office reported today police are investigating an incident following
Sunday trick-or-treat in Manlius, where parents came forward with
suspicious-looking candy marked as “Crunch Choco Bar,” and the wrapper had
small pictures of cannabis leaves on it. The substance was field-tested and was
positive for cannabis.
Hit & Run
2 November 2016
Illinois Sheriff Passes Off Japanese Candy As
Marijuana-Infused Halloween Treat
Warnings of pot in trick-or-treat bags still
have no basis in reality.
Jacob Sullum|
On Monday the Bureau County, Illinois,
sheriff's office issued a press release
describing "an incident following Trick or Treat" in which
"parents came forward with suspicious looking candy marked as Crunch Choco
Bar," the wrapper of which "has small pictures of cannabis leaves on
it." According to Bureau County Sheriff James Reed, "the substance
was field tested and was positive for containing cannabis." The press
release closed by urging parents (as always!) to be
vigilant against tainted or sabotaged Halloween treats and asking for
information about "which residence provided this candy," which
supposedly was handed out in Manlius, a tiny town northwest of Princeton, the
Bureau County seat.Is this the long-awaited evidence that malevolent strangers really are trying to get your kids high by slipping marijuana edibles into their trick-or-treat bags? Nope. As an eagle-eyed blogger pointed out at Dankspace.com, the picture accompanying Reed's press release shows Japanese candy bars sold under the brand name Iroha Kaede, which is a kind of maple tree. That's right: Those "small pictures of cannabis leaves" are actually small pictures of maple leaves. […]
Sheriff Admits He Issued a False Alarm About
THC-Tainted Halloween Treats
He still implies that strangers with candy
are trying to get kids high.
Jacob Sullum, 11
Nov 2016http://www.cp24.com/news/dishwasher-pods-discovered-among-halloween-candy-in-earlscourt-area-police-1.3142641
CP24 [Toronto]
2 November 2016
Dishwasher pods discovered among Halloween
candy in Earlscourt area: police
Joshua Freeman,
CP24.com
Toronto police are
warning parents to be extra vigilant when sorting through their children’s
Halloween candy after dishwasher pods were discovered in trick-or-treat bags in
the Earlscourt area.
Police say a
number of children who returned home from trick-or-treating in the area of
Prescott Avenue, Blackthorn Avenue and Rockwell Avenue found dishwasher pods
among their treats.
The pods contain
powerful detergents and can cause serious burns to the mouth, throat and
airways if swallowed.
Most dishwasher
pods dissolve easily and contain labels warning people to wash their hands
after just handling them. […]
WBAY-TV [Green
Bay, WI]
2 November 2016
Neenah Police investigate nail in Halloween
candy
By Rhonda Roberts
NEENAH, Wis.
(WBAY) – Neenah Police are investigating a report of a nail found in a piece of
Halloween candy.
Officers say the
incident took place “somewhere east of Commercial St, south of Division St, and
north of Cecil St.”
Neenah Police say
it appears to be an “isolated incident.”
The mom who found
the candy posted a photo on Facebook and urged parents to check their child’s
candy. The Facebook post had been shared more than 2,000 times as of Wednesday
morning. […]
WBAY-TV [Green Bay,
WI]
3 November 2016
Neenah Police receive more tampered Halloween
candy complaints
By Emily Matesic
NEENAH, Wis.
(WBAY) – Neenah Police say its received more reports of possible tainted
Halloween candy.
We first told you
yesterday about a woman who found a nail in a Tootsie Roll her daughter
received while trick or treating on Monday. Police say they’re taking all of
the complaints seriously.
It started with a
call Tuesday night to police. Katie Van Dyke found a nail had been pushed into
one of the pieces of candy her daughter was given while out trick or treating
Monday afternoon in Neenah. The publicity around the incident led to a second
call to police, another parent also claimed to have found a nail in a Tootsie
Roll collected by his kids.
According to
Neenah Police Chief Kevin Wilkinson, “In one case specifically, somebody had
found something, but they had already disposed of it so we weren’t really able
to follow up on that.”
Police are however
following up on another complaint. A suspicious substance was found in two
other pieces of candy, brought to the police department. Those items along with
the Tootsie Roll from Katie Van Dyke are all being analyzed for evidence. […]
Calgary Sun [AB]
2 November 2016
Cochrane RCMP say sewing needles found in
Halloween candy
RCMP are
investigating after receiving a complaint that sewing needles were found in two
full-sized chocolate bars handed out to trick-or-treaters on Halloween in
Cochrane.
Authorities say
they were contacted by someone who said they were checking their child's candy
after taking them trick-or-treating on the west side of Glen Eagles. They found
sewing needles in large O'Henry and Kit Kat bars. […]
KTRK-TV [Houston,
TX]
3 November 2016
Mom upset Halloween candy had campaign
stickers
By David Louie
PALO ALTO, CA -- A
mother in Palo Alto is upset after she found campaign stickers about the state
assembly race on her kids' Halloween candy.
Like many parents,
Tru Love did an inspection of her kids' Halloween candy.
As the assorted
candies fell out, she said she was shocked to see two large candy bars with
campaign stickers for a candidate running for state assembly. "Whoever did
this, they knew parents were going to be checking candy because that's what
every parent does when you come home from Halloween, make sure that
everything's safe, and that every parent would open the bag, and every parent
would see this candy," Love said.
Love says this is
tacky. The name on the stickers is Vicki Veenker, a Palo Alto attorney running
for state assembly. She said she had nothing to do with the stickers. […]
WTVR [Richmond,
VA]
3 November 2016
Mothers find staple, thumbtack in kids’
Halloween candy
by CNN Wire
LEXINGTON, MO —
Two mothers in Lexington, Missouri are furious after finding a staple and a
thumbtack inside their children’s Halloween candy. Both mothers, who initially
believed that finding sharp objects inside Halloween candy was just a myth, are
now warning other parents to check their kids’ stash.
On Halloween,
Beverly Menad’s 8-year-old daughter Elizabeth was dressed as her best Elsa from
the movie Frozen.
She was thrilled
to pull down a lot of candy during her trick-or-treating.
But when Menad
examined it, she became concerned.
“I was poked by a
sharp object,” Menad said. “Upon further investigation, we opened it up and
there was a staple inside the candy bar.”
Menad discovered a
stable [sic] that was wedged into a Butterfinger chocolate bar.
Another neighbor
says her 10 and 15-year-old children found a thumbtack stuck into the bottom of
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.
“He noticed it was
open and he flipped it and out popped the thumbtack,” the mother said. […]
Huffington Post
3 November 2016
Alberta Halloween Candy Found To Have Pins,
Needles And Razor Blades: Police
The Canadian Press
BLACKFALDS, Alta.
– Mounties are advising parents in central Alberta to throw out a specific type
of Halloween candy after a child got sick after eating it.
RCMP say the child
had gone out trick or treating in Clive on Halloween and ate a piece of sugar
candy, about the size of a loonie, that was orange with a back centre.
The child's
symptoms were pale skin, dilated pupils and breaking out into a sweat. […]
Bemidji Pioneer
[MN]
2 November 2016
Beltrami County parent reports needle in
Halloween candy
BEMIDJI—Officials
are are reminding parents to inspect of any Halloween candy or treats after a
person reported finding a needle inside a candy bar.
On Tuesday, the
Beltrami County Sheriff's Office responded to call in the 700 block of
Whisperwood Court Southwest in Grant Valley Township for the report of some
candy that had been tampered with, the sheriff's office said in a release.
The parent
reported finding a "fun size" Almond Joy candy bar that had obvious
package tampering. The packaging had been found torn open lengthwise and upon
inspection by the parent, found a silver sewing needle inserted into the candy,
officials said in the release. […]
WRBL-TV [Columbus,
GA]
3 November 2016
Woman claims male enhancement drug was found
in Halloween candy
By agarrettwrbl
COLUMBUS, Ga. —
The Brookstone neighborhood is known for being safe.
So it shocked this
grandmother when she says she found medicine in her grandson’s Halloween candy.
“That’s my grand
baby but it could’ve been my friend’s children and all the kids that were with
us somebody I don’t know my heart if I would not have reported it and then seen
later on the news where a kid was at the hospital and ate some candy and they
derived it came from the basket… That would’ve crushed me.”
Michelle Coker
says she noticed something strange about a piece of candy in her grandson’s
candy after trick or treating.
She searched Google
with the letters on the package and what popped up was several sources for male
enhancement drugs. […]
CBC News [Canada]
3 November 2016
Police investigating report of razor blade
found in Halloween candy bar
Incidents being investigated in other parts
of Canada
By Kevin Yarr, CBC
News
Charlottetown police
are asking residents to check Halloween treats after they received a report of
a razor blade being found in a chocolate bar.
Deputy Chief Gary
McGuigan said the chocolate appears to have been a peanut butter cup but police
haven't seen the wrapper.
He said the
chocolate and the object are being sent for positive identification. […]
CBC News [Canada]
2 December 2016
No answers in possible Halloween candy
tampering case
Charlottetown police finish investigation
into report of razor blade found in chocolate bar
CBC News
Charlottetown
Police say they have finished their investigation into the Halloween candy that
was possibly tampered with.
Two days after
Halloween, police had received a report of a razor blade found in a chocolate
bar.
But they have been
unable to determine at what point the candy may have been tampered with, prior
to being discovered by the person who reported it.
Police said the
file will be reopened if any new information or evidence is received.
The Indy Channel
[Indianapolis, IN]
3 November 2016
Police: Kids in Hamilton, Steuben counties
report metal in Halloween candy
Katie Cox
HAMILTON COUNTY,
Ind. -- A Hamilton County teen is being treated for possible injuries after
police said she found metal in a piece of Halloween candy.
The 13-year-old
got the mini 3 Musketeers candy bar while trick-or-treating on Monday in the
Orchard Park neighborhood. Police say she was somewhere near 106th Street and
Westfield Boulevard.
Investigators with
the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said the metal piece was part of a small
blade. The child was taken to the hospital to be treated for possible injuries
after she bit into the piece of candy and found the metal. […]
WSOC-TV
[Charlotte, NC]
2 November 2016
Mother says daughter's Halloween candy had
screws, razor blade in it
DALLAS, N.C. -
Police are investigating a report of tainted treats in Gaston County.
Parents said they
found screws and razors in their daughter’s Halloween bucket.
The parents sent
photos of the candy to Channel 9.
They said all of
the candy that had been tampered with was different.
They said it came
from the Long Creek Meadows subdivision in Dallas.
"She was
already in bed, but me and my husband got a hankering for some candy. So we
started going through it and we found a Snickers wrapper that had a little
puncture hole in it and when we opened it up there was a screw in it,” mother
Katie Smith said.
She said she
started going through the rest of the candy and found five other pieces that
had been tampered with.
She said she even
found the tip of a razor blade in one of the pieces.
WCNC-TV
[Charlotte, NC]
2 November 2016
Family reports finding razor blade in
Halloween candy
GASTONIA, N.C. --
A family in Bessemer City says they discovered metal screws and a razor blade
in their Halloween candy.
Gastonia Police
say the family went trick-or-treating in the area of Ametrine Lane off Blue
Moss Drive in Gastonia.
Tuesday night, the
father began eating some of the haul when he spotted what looked like a piece
of a screw. After further inspection, the father located several more pieces
that had been tampered with-- one of which even reportedly contained a razor
blade. […]
Okotoks Western
Wheel [Alberta]
2 November 2016
Police urge parents to check candy after
razor blade found in bag
Safety: RCMP uncertain if blade was
deliberate or accidental
By: Don Patterson
Okotoks RCMP
remind people to check their children’s Halloween candy after a parent
discovered a razor blade mixed in with candy in their child’s trick-or-treat
bag.
Police say the
blade was discovered after the child dumped out his candy into a bowl.
Cpl. Cory Forsyth
said the blade was loose in the trick-or-treat bag and was not embedded or
enclosed in any candy. The complaint originated in the Cimarron Grove area, he
said.
Forsyth said its
not known if it was deliberate or if the blade ended up accidentally mixed in
with candy while opening a box. […]
http://www.myyellowknifenow.com/17125/yellowknife-mother-finds-tylenol-in-daughters-halloween-candy/
My Yellowknife Now
[NT]
2 November 2016
Yellowknife mother finds Tylenol in
daughter’s Halloween candy
Gabriela
Panza-Beltrandi
A Yellowknife
mother is warning parents to check their children’s Halloween candy after
claiming to have found Tylenol in her daughter’s box of Smarties Tuesday.
The woman, who
would prefer to remain unnamed, says she discovered the Tylenol after opening
several boxes of her daughter’s Halloween candy while looking for a snack.
She claims she
noticed one Smartie looked slightly different than the others, and when she
turned it over she discovered it was Tylenol. […]
CTV News [Canada]
3 November 2016
Calgary police investigating report of sewing
pin in Halloween treat
Ryan White
The Calgary
[Alberta] Police Service has launched an investigation into the discovery of a
dangerous item inside a candy bar in a northwest neighbourhood.
According to
police, a child in the community of Rosemont discovered a sewing pin inside a
chocolate bar prior to consuming the candy she had received while
trick-or-treating. The girl’s mother notified police on November 1.
The child did not
leave the community while trick-or-treating and investigators are attempting to
identify the origin of the chocolate bar. […]
KSBY-TV [San Luis
Obispo, CA]
3 November 2016
Lompoc police investigating reports of metal
pins in Halloween candy
The Lompoc Police
Department is investigating two reports from parents who said they found metal
pins in their children's Halloween candy.
Police say the
parents of the children know each other, but were trick-or-treating in
different parts of the city Monday night; one on the northwest side and the
other on the east side.
One mother told
KSBY her child found the pin after biting into a small Kit Kat candy bar. She
took the needle and wrapper to police, who are sending them to a Department of
Justice lab in Fresno for testing.
Police say the
other mother threw the needle and candy bar away.
Neither child was
injured, according to officers. […]
Washington [PA]
Township Police Department
3 November 2016
****IMPORTANT
MESSAGE****
Please make sure
to check all Halloween candy before consumption. Be on the look out for any
opened or damaged wrappers or packaging. If it does not look right, it probably
is not.
This picture added
was obtained trick or treating, in the Rogers Manor section of Falowfield Twp.
The wrapper had a whole in it and this long cylindrical item was placed in it.
It's believed to be graphite pencil lead.
Please share the
post
WISC-TV [Madison,
WI]
3 November 2016
Schedule 4 pain pill found in Halloween
candy, police say
DARLINGTON, Wis. -
A schedule four prescription pain medication was found in a child’s Halloween
candy in Darlington, police said.
Officers were sent
to a home in Darlington Thursday for a report of a pill found in Halloween
candy, according to a Facebook post.
The pill was
Tramadol Hydrochloride, a schedule four prescription narcotic used to control
pain, officials said.
According to the
post, officials do not know why or how the pill ended up in the child’s bucket,
but the parents are certain it was acquired while trick-or-treating. […]
WBUP [Ishpeming
City, MI]
4 November 2016
Nail found in Halloween candy bar
ISHPEMING —
Authorities in the City of Ishpeming are urging parents to check their
children’s Halloween candy after a nail was discovered in a local child’s candy
bar.
Ishpeming City
Police say the child found the small nail in a mini candy bar they had obtained
while trick-or-treating within the city. The nail was noticed before the child
attempted to eat it, so no injuries resulted. Police say the nail was pushed
through the sealed wrapper, and the damage wasn’t very noticeable. […]
Livingston Daily
[MI]
4 November 2016
Police investigate tainted Halloween KitKat
The Livingston
County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying who
may have placed “an object” in a piece of candy on Halloween.
The department
took a complaint Tuesday that the object, which was not identified, was found
inside a single-sized KitKat received by a child during trick or treating. […]
WDAY-TV [Fargo,
ND]
4 November 2016
Investigation reveals needle found in
snickers bar was a prank gone wrong
By Cassandra
Rohlfing
New York Mills, MN
(WDAY News) - The report of a needle in a Snickers Bar in New York Mills isn't
true.
New York Mills
Police has confirmed, after investigating, it was a "prank gone
wrong."
After talking to
the boy, officers found out he was trying to "prank" his mother.
The mother has
apologized on Facebook, saying her concern was for the community was genuine.
[…]
WAVE-TV
[Louisville, KY]
5 November 2016
Needles found in Halloween candy
SCOTT COUNTY, IN
(WAVE) - Two needles have been discovered in Halloween candy in Scott County,
Ind., according to authorities.
On Friday the
Scott County Sheriff’s Office received information that a county resident had
found two sewing needles among Halloween candy from Monday night
trick-or-treating.
An investigation
revealed one needle was found in a sucker while another was found within other
Halloween candy collected that night. The complainant told a deputy that she
had visited the Scottsburg Square and a few other locations Monday.
There have been no
other reports similar to this taken by any other Scott County authorities,
according to the SCSO.
The
Chronicle-Herald [Halifax, NS]
6 November 2016
Police investigate more candy tampering after
man bites needle in grandson's candy
Police are
investigating another report of a tampered candy bar after a man bit down on a
needle.
A family in
Dartmouth contacted Halifax Regional Police on Saturday when a small needle was
discovered in a chocolate treat.
The victim had
unwrapped, and begun to chew, a candy bar from his grandson's pile and felt a
sharp pain in his mouth.
When he removed
the contents, he discovered a small needle with a yellow plastic ball on the
end of it.
The child to whom
the treats belonged to was trick or treating in the area of Waynewood Drive,
Brompton Road and the Bonnie Brae Trailer Park in Dartmouth.
This comes just
days after similar reports in HRM.
Police opened an
investigation on Tuesday after a 12-year-old boy cut his finger on a razor
blade in a chocolate bar. And a 13-year-old girl in Dartmouth was sorting
through her candy when she also spotted a razor blade.
Police say such
cases are difficult to investigate and past cases have had to be dropped due to
lack of forensic evidence.
Bay Today [North
Bay, ON]
7 November 2016
More booby-trapped Halloween candy given to
local kids
"Found a piece of metal in a Wonderbar
after checking my son's candy last night."
Jeff Turl
City police are
investigating yet another incident of someone putting razor blades in child's
candy and handing it out during trick or treating Halloween night.
This time it's in
the Delaware, Douglas, and Hillcrest Street area of North Bay.
The family
victimized in this latest crime told BayToday, "Found a piece of metal in
a Wonderbar after checking my son's candy last night. We reported it to police
and my spouse went with police to show them what houses they went to. The
police took the candy bar so hopefully they'll find out which house it came from."
Police
spokesperson Marie Lugli says the family was going house to house between 5:30
and 6:30. They reported their find to police at 8:30 that evening.
"When they
dumped the candy on the floor the chocolate bar fell out of its wrapper and had
a razor blade in it so we're investigating," said Lugli."That's all
we have right now."
No other
complaints of tampered Halloween treats have been reported this year. […]
Niagara This Week
[ON]
7 November 2016
Pill found hidden inside Halloween candy package
given out in Welland
WELLAND – Niagara
Regional Police are investigating after a parent found a pill inside their
child's Halloween candy.
On Nov. 4, the
concerned parent went to the Port Colborne detachment to report the discovery.
The parent found the pill inside a package of candy that had obviously been
tampered with, police say.
It determined to
be an over-the-counter pill used to treat motion sickness, nausea, vomiting or
dizziness.
Police say the
child is believed to have gone trick or treating in the area of Marschall
Avenue and Kilgor Avenue in Welland. […]
KGBT-TV [Rio
Grande Valley, TX]
7 November 2016
San Juan woman says her son found a needle in
his Halloween candy
By Joel Flores
A San Juan mother
claims her 12-year-old son found a needle hidden in his Halloween candy.
Esmeralda Ozuna,
43, of San Juan said her son, Javier Ozuna Jr., was pricked by a needle on Nov.
1. He discovered the needle while eating candy collected on Halloween, when he
went door-to-door in a Pharr neighborhood.
“You hear it on
the news happening in other places, but I never expected it to happen to me,
especially to my son -- one of my kids,” Esmeralda Ozuna said.
Javier Ozuna said
he discovered the needle after biting into a candy bar.
“I just got a
candy and bit it, and got poked,” Javier Ozuna said.
“And he spit it
out like ‘Look mom.’ And I was like ‘What?’” Esmeralda Ozuna said. “I saw the
needle inside the candy. So I rushed him to the hospital. Luckily it was just a
poke on his gum.”
Esmeralda Ozuna
said the hospital ran tests and she’s waiting for the results.
“I’m hoping
everything comes out negative that they didn’t tamper with the needles,”
Esmeralda Ozuna said.
Esmeralda Ozuna
said she filed a report with the Pharr Police Department.
The North Bay
Nugget [ON]
7 November 2016
Police investigate razor blade in candy
By JENNIFER
HAMILTON-MCCHARLES
North Bay Police
Service are investigating a Halloween chocolate bar that allegedly had a razor
blade inside it.
Spokeswoman Marie
Lugli said a complainant contacted police Halloween night around 8:30 p.m.
She said the
complainant said after returning from trick-or-treating on Delaware, Douglas
and Hillcrest streets they dumped their goodies on the floor and a chocolate
fell out of its wrapper.
“They report that
when they examined the chocolate bar it had a razor blade in it. The chocolate
bar was brought into (police) headquarters for forensic analysis.”
The investigation
continues.
Cape Breton Post
[NS]
8 November 2016
Police investigating after needle found in
Halloween candy
SYDNEY — Cape
Breton Regional Police are investigating after a Sydney area family reported
finding a needle inside an Oh Henry chocolate bar earlier this week.
The family
reported the incident to police on Sunday, after the needle was discovered
prior to the bar being consumed. They told police the candy bar had been
received by a child while trick-or-treating on Halloween night in the Cottage
Road, George Street, Bernard Lind Drive and surrounding area of Sydney. […]
WPRI-TV [East
Providence, RI]
17 November 2016
Portsmouth child reports finding needle in
Halloween candy
By Tiffany
Choquette
PORTSMOUTH, R.I.
(WPRI) — Portsmouth Police are warning parents to double check any remaining
Halloween candy their kids may still have after one child made a disturbing
find.
Police said they
were notified on Thursday that child in town found a two-inch sewing needle
inside an Air Heads bar.
The child had gone
trick-or-treating on several streets in Portsmouth and also attended a
trick-or-treating event in town, according to police.
Police continue to
investigate the incident.
Beloit Daily News
[IL]
19 November 2016
‘No dog treats for Halloween’
This letter is to
the people on Johnson street who gave my 10 yr old grandaughter dog treats for
Halloween.
You should be so
ashamed! If you thought it was funny, you’re sick. Kids don’t have enough
problems that adults have to act like idiots.
Halloween is for
all kids. I occasionally get 16 year olds or babies that you know won’t be
eating the candy, but what the hey, it’s fun to see all the children in
costumes.
So for these
people on Johnson street, I have dogs too and those treats cost more than a
piece of candy so the joke is on you.
Charlene Streeter
Beloit
Tucson Weekly [AZ]
24 November 2016
Police Dispatch
Silly Kid, Those "Treats" Are for
Grown-Ups
By Anna Mirocha
North Twin Lakes
Drive
Oct. 31, 9:06 p.m.
A father found a
baggie full of pharmaceuticals mixed in with his child's Halloween-candy
collection, a PCSD report stated.
On Halloween night,
the father told deputies he'd taken his son and a group of kids
trick-or-treating in a nice neighborhood on the East Side, and everything had
seemed normal—he didn't remember any of the houses seeming weird or any
residents giving out anything other than candy. But when he was later looking
through his child's sack of goodies, he said, he found a small sandwich baggie
full of pills of all different shapes, colors and sizes—probably sugar free,
but definitely unhealthy for children.
At the time of the
report, deputies hadn't been able to determine whether the pill giveaway had
been an accident—a pill addict who'd misplaced their stash when sneaking candy
from the Halloween bowl, perhaps—or a deliberate poisoning attempt. The latter
was certainly a possibility, but it would seem to have been poorly planned,
since even small children would likely spit out such bitter "candy"
if they happened to try eating a pill, and the baggie was grungy, not
camouflaged to look like a candy bag. (Besides... well... wouldn't a pill
addict want to keep those things for themselves?)
No other children
in the neighborhood had received such a surprise in their trick-or-treating
bags, and ultimately deputies were unable to find the source of the fun-size
pill variety pack.
Chronicle Herald
[Halifax, NS]
11 December 2016
Police respond to two incidents of food
tampering in Dartmouth
Police are
investigating after two food tampering incidents were reported in Dartmouth on
Saturday.
At about 7 p.m.,
Halifax Regional Police received a suspicious circumstances call in the 0-100
block of Oak Street.
A 9-year-old girl
was eating a piece of her remaining Halloween candy when she bit into a
chocolate bar and discovered a sewing needle inside.
Police say the
girl had been trick-or-treating in the area of Retreat Ave, Joseph Howe Dr and
surrounding streets in Halifax.
The girl was not
injured by the needle. […]
