Credit: Submitted/ Al Czerniak
Two local police departments are investigating incidents involving candy collected by kids on Halloween.
In Bristol Borough, police received a report Tuesday that a razor blade was found in piece of candy that was received while trick-or-treating the town. The child found the blade while eating the candy at the mall, Chief of Police Arnold Porter said.
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“This appears to be an isolated incident,” the chief said. “We haven’t received any subsequent reports.”
In Middletown, police are investigating a bag of blue pills reportedly found in a 5-year-old girl’s Halloween candy.
Levittown resident Al Czerniak told LevittownNow.com he discovered the bag of roughly four dozen pills in his daughter’s candy bag after a night of trick-or-treating in the Quincy Hallow neighborhood.
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The bag of pills were taken into the custody of police officers and will be tested to determine what they are made of, Middletown Chief of Police Joseph Bartorilla said.
Czerniak said he suspects the pills were Aleve, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that is sold over the counter.
“I’d like to believe that this was some kind of bizarre accident, but honestly couldn’t tell you how that would’ve been possible,” Czerniak said.
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A police officer noted in their report the pills ended up in the bag after Czerniak and his daughter were trick-or-treating more than an hour.
Bartorilla said his officers did not received any other reports of pills ending up in trick-or-treaters bags.
In both incidents, the objects found in the Halloween candy hauls were not ingested, according to police.
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Anyone in Middletown who found pills mixed with their child’s Halloween candy are asked to call police at 215-750-3845.
