CANTON, Ga. — Parents say they found something besides candy in their children’s bags after going trick-or-treating on Halloween.
Canton police say they received two reports of “candy tampering” where parents found sewing needles in the children’s candy.
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Officers were first made aware of a viral social media post describing an incident of needle being found inside a Reese’s Take 5 candy bar. The post said another parent had experienced the same thing.
Investigators say both incidents happened in the Great Sky neighborhood off of Reservoir Drive.
Luckily, no children were injured and police have not received any other reports of tampered candy.
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Police are urging parents across metro Atlanta to thoroughly check their children’s Halloween candy before letting them eat it.
Anyone who knows where the candy with needles may have come from should call police.
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