Needle Found In 6-Year-Old Long Island Girl's Halloween Candy

NORTH LINDENHURST, NY – Suffolk Police are advising local residents to carefully inspect their children’s Halloween candy after a 2-inch long needle was found inside a candy bar a 6-year-old girl received while trick-or-treating.

First Precinct officers responded to home on North Hamilton Avenue in North Lindenhurst Wednesday evening after the father of the girl reported that his daughter found the needle inside a Twix Fun Size Caramel Cookie Bar.

The girl, who obtained the candy while trick-or-treating on Oct. 31, removed the cookie bar from the wrapper and bit into the candy on Wednesday. The girl reported feeling something strange and pulled a chunk of the partially eaten candy bar out of her mouth and noticed the needle sticking out of it, police said. The girl was not injured.

Officers recovered six empty TWIX Fun Size and Minis wrappers and one unopened candy bar. All items were sent to the Suffolk County Crime Lab to be examined. The tainted candy is believed to have been obtained on Halloween along the following streets: North Hamilton Avenue, Spiegelhagen Street, North Greene Avenue, North Erie Avenue and North Delaware Avenue in North Lindenhurst.

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