Kids & Family
At Least 3 Reports of Tampered Halloween Candy in NY
Please share and recheck your children's Halloween candy. In one case, a girl opened a pack of Skittles and found a pill inside.
HOLBROOK, NY – A Long Island father is urging parents to recheck their children's Halloween candy after his daughter discovered a pill inside a bag of Skittles Friday.
Kevin Keresztes, of Holbrook, told Patch that his daughter "was in school today as she went to open a bag of Skittles. She noticed the package was glued shut so she opened it up in front of the gym teacher." A white pill was mixed in with the candy inside.
"Luckily after looking up the pill, it’s just an antihistamine, but still this is horrible," Keresztes said, adding that he planned to file a police report.
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"Please and I mean please recheck your children's Halloween candy," he said.
There have been several other reports nationwide of Halloween candy being tampered with, including at least two others in New York.
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A trick-or-treater in Hoosick Falls in Rensselaer County reportedly bit into a candy bar with a needle inside. And in the town of Mexico, north of Syracuse, the candy inside at least two boxes of Dots was replaced with rocks.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS: The Hoosick Falls Police Chief says a child bit into this candy bar after trick-or-treating and discovered a needle in the candy. The chief is encouraging all parents to check their kids' candy before eating it. They do believe this is an isolated incident. pic.twitter.com/dvSiAklUhV
— Peter Eliopoulos (@petereliopoulos) November 1, 2018
ALERT: There are two reports that parents found a DOTS candy box filled with rocks in their childrens' trick-or-treat supplies. D.A. Greg Oakes says both reports involve candy collected in the town of Mexico. Parents there should check candy carefully to avoid a choking hazard. pic.twitter.com/7g0WzIJm6M
— Tammy Palmer (@TammyPalmerNews) November 1, 2018
Main photo courtesy of Kevin Keresztes
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