SALEM, N.H. (WHDH) - Police in Salem, New Hampshire, are urging all parents to inspect Halloween candy after a resident found sewing needles in several pieces of candy, officials said.
The resident told police that he and his child had been trick-or-treating in the area of Kelly Road but that he did not know which home the candy came from.
The Salem Police Department shared photos of the contaminated candy, including a Snickers bar with a needle in it.
“As he was inspecting the candy today, he noticed that some of them looked like they had been tampered with,” Captain James Dolan said. “Upon further inspection, he noticed what appeared to be two sewing needles inserted into two Snickers bars.”
Thelma Keefe, who lives in the neighborhood, said whoever is responsible for the act should be prosecuted.
“In this day and age, nothing surprises me anymore,” she said. “I think they should be prosecuted if they’re found.”
Anyone who comes across a suspicious package is asked to report it to police.
Sewing needles were also found in Twizzlers candy in Marshfield, Massachusetts. A piece of metal was found in a Now and Later in Sturbridge, but it turned out to be a piece of dental work. A nail was found in a Hershey’s bar in Oak Bluffs.
An investigation is ongoing in all of the communities.
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