The Buffalo News
31 October 2014
Parents in the city’s Kaisertown area near Houghton
Park are being warned by Buffalo Police to be careful of the candy their
children are given in Halloween excursions tonight.
A Kaisertown woman complained to police about pieces
of glass in candy her children were given during Beggar’s Night trick or
treating activity Thursday evening. Police are trying to pin down the residence
involved.
http://globalnews.ca/news/1648642/wetaskiwin-rcmp-investigate-after-pin-found-in-mini-chocolate-bar/
Global News [Canada]
1 November 2014
EDMONTON – RCMP in Wetaskiwin are reminding people to
check their children’s Halloween candy after officers received a complaint of a
pin found in a chocolate bar.
Officers say it appears to be an isolated incident and
no one was injured.
In a post on the Wetaskiwin Rant and Rave Facebook
page, resident Victoria Kimberly says she found the pin in one of her kid’s
mini chocolate bars. […]
WCNC-TV [Charlotte, NC]
1 November 2014
MAIDEN, N.C. -- It's a scenario parents fear.
Police in Maiden were alerted to a razor blade
embedded in a small candy bar on Halloween night.
Vigilant parents who checked their child's candy
noticed the blade inside the wrapper of a Twix mini candy bar. Someone passed
out the candy to a small child while trick-or-treating. […]
Philadelphia Inquirer
1 November 2014
Jonathan Lai, Inquirer Staff Writer
A 13-year-old trick-or-treater in Towamencin Township
made a horrifying discovery Saturday morning after opening the wrapper of a
candy bar picked up on Halloween: a large razor blade.
The candy had been sealed when the child opened it and
immediately discovered the razor blade, which was loose inside the wrapper and
not hidden inside the candy itself, said Sgt. John Cutrone of the Towamencin
Township Police Department. He did not bite into the candy and was not injured.
[…]
KOCO-TV [Oklahoma City]
1 November 2014
By David Pierce
SHAWNEE, Okla. —A mother in Pottawatomie County told
authorities she found a plastic bag containing three pills in her children’s
Halloween candy Friday night.
The mother told investigators she didn’t know where
the pills came from. Authorities said it did not appear that the pills were
intentionally put in the trick-or-treat bag. […]
KSHB-TV [Kansas City]
2 November 2014
Lisa Benson
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The thought of tainted Halloween
candy is an urban legend for some, but the same is not true for a Metro mom
after her daughter found a sharp metal pin in her Halloween candy.
Laticha Robinson's children were snacking on their
Halloween stash Saturday night when her oldest daughter broke open a Snickers
and found a black metal pin inside. […]
Sun Journal
[Lewiston, ME]
2 November 2014
Douglas McIntire,
Staff Writer
AUBURN — A sewing
needle "expertly" placed down the center of a candy bar caused a
concerned dad to dump the whole load of Halloween candy and send out a word of
caution. […]
The Express-Times
[Easton, PA]
2 November 2014
Rudy Miller
A teenager reports
finding a pin in a candy bar she received while trick-or-treating in Lower
Macungie Township, police said. […]
Sioux City Journal
[IA]
2 November 2014
SERGEANT BLUFF - The
Sergeant Bluff Police Department is advising people to check Trick-or-Treating
candy for foreign objects.
The department
reported Sunday that someone filed a complaint stating a sewing pin was found
protruding from an unwrapped candy bar given out on Friday, Halloween night.
[…]
Sun Journal [Lewiston, ME]
3 November 2014
AUBURN — Police said Monday they won't investigate
further a report of a needle found in a Halloween candy bar.
"It turns we cannot say for sure where the candy
came from," Deputy Chief Jason Moen said. […]
CBC News [Canada]
3 November 2014
Matt Evans's daughter discovered blade inside piece of
Starburst candy
A parent in Selkirk, Man., has filed a police report
after his daughter found a sharp blade in one of her Halloween candies.
Matt Evans says his 14-year-old daughter was going
through her treats over the weekend when she discovered something sticking out of
a piece of Starburst candy. […]
CBC News [Canada]
3 November 2014
A Nova Scotia mother is warning other parents to be
vigilant after her 14-year-old daughter found a pin in a chocolate bar she got
trick-or-treating in Cole Harbour on Halloween.
Nancy Hayes, who lives in Eastern Passage, said her
daughter went trick-or-treating with friends in the Astral Drive and Stratford
Drive area of Cole Harbour.
On Sunday, as she was eating some of her Halloween
treats, she broke a chocolate bar in half and saw a pin sticking out. […]
WKYT-TV [Lexington, KY]
2 November 2014
By Mark Barber
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - While deputies were
screening trick-or-treat bags with X-ray machines at the Franklin County
Judicial Center Friday night they say they found pocket knives in treat bags
belonging to two young children.
"They were dropped in as part of the treats. Not
a good thing to do especially with little children, they've got no business
with that," said sheriff Pat Melton. […]
Melton says they don't plan to press charges against
the person who gave the pocket knives to the children because it's a case of
poor judgement, not criminal intent.
WLWT-TV [Cincinnati, OH]
3 November 2014
By Brian Hamwick
PEEBLES, Ohio —An Adams County mother expected candy
boxes her son received for Halloween to be loaded with calories. She didn't
expect them to be loaded with ammunition.
“Those are live bullets in my child’s trick-or-treat
bag,” said Chrissy Campbell.
Campbell was even more upset that the candy boxes with
the ammunition came from her son’s preschool. […]
There were a total of four boxes, each with three rounds
inside. All appeared to be .22 caliber. […]
Asbury Park Press [NJ]
3 November 2014
Brett Bodner
MANCHESTER – Police are advising residents to inspect
all candy received while trick or treating after receiving a report of
suspicious and dangerous candy.
A township parent told police that after she went
trick or treating with her child, she went to go eat a Tootsie Roll when she
found it contained a toothpick shard, Capt. Lisa Parker said in a news release.
[…]
South Jersey Times
3 November 2014
By Don E. Woods
VINELAND — Each Halloween, parents warn their kids
about razor blades being hidden in candy bars but, for one Vineland family, the
urban legend turned out to be true.
A razor blade was found in a Tootsie Roll, according
to Vineland Police Department.
The Tootsie Roll was collected in East Vineland, in
the neighborhood near Spring Road and Pennsylvania Avenue. […]
Contra Costa Times [CA]
3 November 2014
By Karina Ioffee
HERCULES -- Police in Hercules are trying to determine
who gave a plastic bag of methamphetamine to a young girl on Halloween, and are
reminding parents to inspect their children's candy haul for suspicious items.
The 8-year-old girl had been trick-or-treating in the
Promenade area of Hercules and came home with a .1 gram plastic bag of crystal
methamphetamine, Hercules police said Monday. […]
WBNS-TV [Columbus, OH]
3 November 2014
By Shelby Croft
DANVILLE, Ohio - A warning from police about a mystery
surrounding Milk Duds.
A Danville mother says something was wrong with the
candy her children received while trick-or-treating and police agree.
"I don't see why anybody would do that,"
said Danville resident Gregory Keener.
It's all the talk on the sleepy streets of the small
town, beware of any Milk Duds kids got in their buckets on Halloween. […]
Siouxland Matters [Sioux City, IA]
3 November 2014
Rachael Krause
"As I'm unwrapping it, I took it apart. And I took it apart once, it broke once, but
then I couldn't break it. So I thought, I think there's something in my
candy," said Gerrit Youngberg, 11-years-old. […]
Lodged inside the tiny Twix was a sewing needle.
Small, thin and dangerous. […]
KZTV [Corpus Christi, TX]
3 November 2014
Janine Reyes
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Trick or treat took on a literal
meaning for one mom. While her son got plenty of treats hitting the streets
friday night, one item in his loot looks like it could be a trick.
It's a pack of pills and she's wants to know who
passed it out to her son and why. […]
We looked into the name on the packaging and found a
video for the product, calling the USANA Vitamins the "top rated
supplements in world."
They had a high price, too, about $129 a box. The site
also includes a disclaimer that reads: "using this product is an excellent
start for adults interested in building a strong foundation of health through
daily nutrition." It's clearly not made for kids. […]
KHQ-TV [Spokane, WA]
3 November 2014
by Caitlin Rearden, KHQ Local News Weekend Anchor
SPOKANE, Wash. - It's an urban legend for most of us:
Finding harmful objects in Halloween candy. But for Denise Brus and her
children, this was an unfortunate reality this Halloween.
Brus says her four children went trick-or-treating in
North Spokane. They started off in the 500 block of Empire heading toward the
mall taking Standard and then over to one block east of Nevada and back down in
a loop.
A few days later, when her son and a friend were
eating some of their candy, she says his friend bit into a nail. She says the
nail poked her son's friend in the cheek but didn't cause any major harm.
"They proceeded to open the rest of the candy and
found that there was multiple pieces of candy that had metal inside," says
Brus. She says it ranged from nails, to staples and even what appeared to be
parts of a watch. […]
Stevens Point Journal [WI]
4 November 2014
Sari Lesk
STEVENS POINT – Members of a local family report that
they found a 3-inch needle in a candy bar obtained while trick-or-treating in
Stevens Point, police say.
The Stevens Point family reported Tuesday morning the
needle was in a bite-sized Snickers candy bar. Family members were unable to
identify which home the candy came from but said they had trick-or-treated
Friday in the areas of Ellis, Jefferson, Fremont and Reserve streets. […]
CBC News [Canada]
4 November 2014
Sault Ste. Marie Police are advising parents to
carefully check their children’s Halloween candy, after a sewing needle was
found in a chocolate bar. […]
WSIL-TV [Carterville, IL]
4 November 2014
SESSER - Sesser Police have issued a safety warning
after a parent said his child found a needle in a candy bar.
The father told police his 11-year-old received a fun
size Snickers bar while trick-or-treating. The needle was discovered when the
child took a bite. […]
WFMZ-TV [Allentown, PA]
4 November 2014
Author: Keleigh Gibbs
LOWER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. - Karen Haldeman,
of Ancient Oaks in Lower Macungie Township, was extra cautious this Halloween.
She was on high alert after hearing another child unwrapped a scary surprise
after trick-or-treating this year.
"I was watching the news and I saw
that the child in Philly had found a razor blade in a chocolate bar,"
Karen said. "So, I just reminded her [daughter Olivia], before you start
putting candy in your mouth, look at it."
Hours after receiving her mother's advice,
Olivia had a similar experience with a candy bar she received while
trick-or-treating.
"I opened it and I looked at it,"
Olivia said. "There was a little yellow pin." […]
CBC News [Canada]
4 November 2014
2nd reported case of item found in candy
bar
Cape Breton Regional Police are
investigating a report of a needle found in a Halloween treat in the North
Sydney area.
This is the second case of objects found in
candy reported to police in Nova Scotia since Oct. 31.
A family in North Sydney called police
Monday night after someone bit into a small Aero chocolate bar and discovered a
needle inside. […]
Metro News [Halifax, NS]
5 November 2014
The RCMP are investigating a second
complaint of a pin found inside a candy bar in the Halifax area.
Police were called to Astral Drive Junior
High in Cole Harbour on Monday after a student found a sewing pin inside of a
small candy bar when she took a bite.
The student was not injured.
The Mounties say the student was given the
candy bar while trick-or-treating in the Astral Drive and Colby South area on
Halloween.
Officers say it’s the same area where
another girl had gone trick-or-treating and found a one-inch pin lodged inside
a small chocolate bar. […]
Lansing State Journal [MI]
4 November 2014
Will Kangas
HOLT – Every Halloween Holt mom Amber Clum
has the same routine: Check the candy.
This year her routine paid off.
"I was checking a Reese's Peanut
Butter Cup for my daughter Kaylee," she said. "I gently squeeze those
to see if the packaging has been compromised."
She felt something that didn't seem normal
and after squeezing a little found a sharp pin. One of Halloween's infamous
cautionary tales had just been confirmed. […]
Hull Daily Mail [UK]
4 November 2014
By Kevin Shoesmith
A SCHOOLGIRL and her family had a Halloween
fright when they returned from a trick or treat trip to find a bolt in a tub of
M&S nuts she was given. […]
CBC News
5 November 2014
Dryden police are investigating after a
young person discovered a blade in a Tootsie Roll the youth received while
trick-or-treating on Halloween.
The youth had gone door-to-door Friday
night in the neighbourhood of St. Charles Street, Holland Avenue and Arthur
Street. […]
KMTV [Omaha, NE]
6 November 2014
By Marjorie Sturgeon.
FREMONT, Neb. (KMTV) – The Fremont Police
Department is investigating after a sewing needle was found inside a child’s
Halloween candy. […]
WKMG-TV [Orlando, FL]
5 November 2014
Amaka Ubaka
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. - Police in Lake County
are warning parents to go through their kids' Halloween candy after a woman
claims she found a razor blade in a chocolate bar.
Tara Boyles captured video of the razor
blade (watch below) and shared it with Local 6. In the video, which she posted
on Facebook to warn other parents, she opens a 3 Musketeers chocolate bar and
finds a small razor blade from a cosmetic pencil sharpener inside. […]
North Bay Nipissing News [ON]
6 November 2014
NORTH BAY – Parents are being advised to
check their children’s Halloween treats after police were called with
complaints of treat tampering.
The first complaint was called in at 7 p.m.
on Nov. 5 after a child found a chocolate bar covered in a white powder.
The packaging on the bar appeared to be
properly sealed, but on closer examination was found to have been slit down one
side. The parents told police that the child had been trick-or-treating on
Wickstead Avenue, Sylvan Crescent, Michener Drive, Glen Rouge Drive, Madelena
Drive, Circle Lake Road, Ferguson Street, Victoria Street and Princess Street.
The second call came in just before 9 p.m.
that same night about a chocolate bar collected on Aberdeen Street at
approximately 6:30 p.m. on Halloween night. After opening the wrapper, which
appeared to be sealed, the complainant noticed that a razor blade was inside
the bar. […]
Global News | 6 November 2014
By Patrick Odell
HALIFAX – Halifax police have confirmed another
person has found a pin in a Halloween treat — the third case in the area, and
fourth in the province, in a week.
A man reported to Halifax Regional Police
on Thursday that he discovered a pin when he bit into a candy bar that was
collected trick-or-treating in Portland Estates.
Police are investigating the report. […]
KIII-TV [Corpus Christi, TX]
5 November 2014
CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) - The warning to
check your kid's Halloween candy is given out every Halloween, and for one woman
and her younger sister this year, that advice may have proved lifesaving.
"I bit into it," Crystal Martinez
said. "The needle came out with my mouth because I bit into it." […]
Peninsula Clarion [Kenai, AK]
6 November
2014
Razor and screw found in Soldotna teen's
Halloween candy
By DAN BALMER
Soldotna police are warning parents to pay
close attention to their kid’s Halloween candy after a Soldotna teen found a
razor blade and small screw in a box of candy last Friday. […]
CBC News
7 November 2014
Other bars found in Cape Breton, Cole
Harbour, Dartmouth
Cape Breton Regional Police are
investigating another case of potential Halloween candy tampering, bringing the
total number of similar cases in Nova Scotia to six.
Police received a call from a Sydney Mines
parent Thursday evening after her son discovered a silver pin inside a candy
bar he was eating. The pin was approximately 3.8 centimetres long. […]
The Nugget [North Bay, ON]
7 November 2014
By JENNIFER HAMILTON-MCCHARLES, The Nugget
Another trick-or-treater has discovered a
razor blade in a chocolate bar collected on Halloween night.
The North Bay Police Service confirmed it
is investigating a third report of a tampered piece of Halloween candy. […]
KNXV-TV [Phoenix, AZ]
1 November 2014
Lauren Vargas
MESA, AZ - A woman in Mesa is desperate to
find her wedding ring after she says she accidentally gave it away with the
Halloween candy Friday night.
“When I first realized what had happened, I
just lost my speech, I froze,” said wife and mother Brooklin Yazzie.
The ring didn’t slip off her finger. She
had placed it in a candy jar while helping her daughters carve pumpkins, and
when the night became hectic she absentmindedly dumped the contents of the jar
into the candy bag. […]
Chicago Tribune
6 November 2014
By Gary Gibula
[…] “I'd been giving out handfuls of
candy," said Jennifer Vasek. "I knew my ring was a little loose, but
not to the extent that it might fall off." […]
Ottawa Sun [ON]
9 November 2014
By Doug Hempstead
Someone put a sewing needle in a Snickers
bar which was found in a haul of Halloween candy. […]
CBS Los Angeles
9 November 2014
MURRIETA (CBSLA.com) — Police warned the
public Sunday about metal that was recently found inside a leftover Halloween
candy bar.
According to the Murrieta Police
Department, officers impounded a fun sized Milky Way candy bar around 9:36 p.m.
on Saturday, after a grandmother reported the discovery of metal poking out of
the treat. […]
CBC News [Canada]
12 November 2014
Police force warns parents to check Halloween candy
prior to consumption
A sewing needle was found by a child in a small Coffee
Crisp chocolate bar he received on Halloween in Cornwall, Ont., police say.
No one was injured and the incident is under
investigation, according to a media release issued by Cornwall police. […]
CTV News [Canada]
14 November 2014
Cheryl Holmes, CTV Winnipeg
Nearly two weeks after Halloween, the scares continue.
Lisa Hargreaves says her daughter opened a box of
Smarties for Lisa's 11-month-old grandson Wednesday.
What they found was far more frightening than the
chocolate they expected to see.
Inside the box, there were only five Smarties. But the
box was full with 17 pills. […]
Denton Record Chronicle [Texas]
26 November 2014
Megan Gray-Hatfield
Denton police are continuing their investigation into
a box of candy that was filled instead with prescription pain pills.
Officer Ryan Grelle, spokesman for Denton police, said
Tuesday that a detective was “just assigned” to the weekend incident that left
a 5-year-old boy placing a painkiller inside his mouth.
Reports obtained by the Denton Record Chronicle show
police were dispatched Saturday evening to a home in the 1900 block of
Northlakes Trail after people at a party found that a piñata filled with
recycled Halloween candy contained a Trolli Sour Brite Eggs box holding 36
hydrocodone/acetaminophen pills.
A 5-year-old little boy started to eat one, police
said, but stopped because “it tasted bad.” […]
North Bay Nugget
23 December 2014
By JENNIFER HAMILTON-MCCHARLES
North Bay Police Service has some answers to what was
believed to be tampered Halloween candy.
The white substance found on a mini-size Halloween
chocolate bar has been identified as sucrose, according to police. […]