Crime & Safety
Pill Found in Halloween Candy Given Out in Holbrook
BREAKING: Please share and recheck your children's Halloween candy.
HOLBROOK, NY – A Holbrook 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 told Patch that his daughter, a student at Seneca Middle School, "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," said Keresztes, who lives in the New England Village neighborhood off Patchogue-Holbrook Road. He said the tampered candy was given out in New England Village or in the Woodgate Village community on the other side of Patchogue-Holbrook Road.
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Keresztes said he plans to file a police report Friday evening.
There have been several other reports nationwide of Halloween candy being tampered with, including a couple incidents upstate.
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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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