There Have Been Reports of Needles and Nails Being Found in Halloween Candy

Your parents weren't just being paranoid if they checked your Halloween candy after you went trick-or-treating to make sure it was all safe. There have been several news reports of candy containing needles, pushpins, and other dangerous objects after this year's Halloween night.

The Fremont Police Department in Fremont, Indiana, posted several photos of candy containing a nail and thumbtacks, which were reportedly obtained in Coldwater, Michigan, warning parents to check their kids' candy, NBC 13 reports. The caption reads:

Parents, please check and double check your children's candy they may have received while trick-or-treating in and around our areas. These images are courtesy of one of our firefighters whom was trick-or-treating in Coldwater last evening with his children. A nail and two different thumbtacks were found in candy that was given to his children. *** There have been no reports of candy being tampered with in the Fremont area. ***

And as MLive reports, a Monroe, Michigan, parent warned of candy containing sewing needles from trick-or-treating in a photo posted to Facebook.

A New Jersey woman also found a needle in a Tootsie Roll that her child brought home from trick-or-treating in Cumberland County, NJ.com reports.

We're convinced — we'll definitely be checking the candy we got from trick-or-treating just to be safe.

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