Someone was out to injure children last night as reports surface of needles being found in chocolate bars being handed out in the Ferguson St. area of the city.
Sara Donaghey took her two-year-old son out trick or treating last night, and is warning parents today to carefully check their children's bags.
"After I put my son to bed I started going through the candy," she told BayToday. "I was checking every piece and |I came across a Coffee Crisp bar that was kind of deflated and I noticed a small puncture hole on the corner of the bar. So I opened it to see if it was ok and I noticed a silver shine, so I pulled it a little bit to see what it was and it was actually a sewing needle."
Sara called and reported the incident to police and posted her experience to Facebook to warn other friends and mothers about the danger.
"I got a call from police this morning saying they were coming to pick it up as they've gotten a whole lot more reports that a whole lot more needles have been found, all from the Ferguson Street area."
She says she's noticed other social media posts about needles being found in North Bay candy, with at least six chocolate bars being discovered.
"I never thought in a million years that I'd ever come across this. You hear about it all the time, but I never thought it could actually happen to me. My family has already had safety scares and this is the topping on the cake that just makes me not want to do anything."
It's not the first time this sort of sick behaviour has surfaced in North Bay. Two years ago city police investigated another incident of someone putting razor blades in child's candy and handing it out during trick or treating Halloween night. That incident occurred in the Delaware, Douglas, and Hillcrest Street area of North Bay.
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North Bay Police are reminding parents to inspect their children’s candy.
"This includes inspecting the wrappers and if it looks unusual, has a tear or is discoloured be safe and dispose of it," says Constable John Schultz. "If you find a foreign object or something that causing you concern you can report this to the police at 705-497-1234 or 911 for an emergency."
There was also a report of medicine, in the form of pills, being thrown into children's treat bags in West Nipissing.
