KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. — Police in Pennsylvania are investigating after parents say their children came home with needles inside their candy.
The Kennett Square Police Department, located near Philadelphia, says they received of needles being found Twix bars.
Police received the initial report at midnight Sunday, according to WPVI-TV.
A man told police sewing type needles were found inside five wrapped Twix candy bars given to four different children from different households as they were trick-or-treating on Halloween.
Police told the station that the man reporting the incident said he saw a Facebook post from an unknown source describing their Snickers candy had needles in it.
This post lead him to check his children's candy and discovered the sewing type needles in the Twix snack size candy.
Police say it is still unclear whether the source of the tampered candy was the person giving it out or if it happened in a store or other level of distribution.
On November 1, 2015 the Kennett Square Police Department received reports of Halloween candy that had been tampered with...
Posted by Kennett Square Police Department on Sunday, November 1, 2015
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