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  1. Sewing needles found stuffed in candy during city trick-or-treat event

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  1. Newsweek

    Sewing needles found stuffed in candy during city trick-or-treat event (opens Newsweek)

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    "We take this seriously and are appalled that anyone would be so demented as to want to hurt children in our community," Police Chief Keith Loreno wrote.

  2. Fox News

    Ohio police make 'demented' discovery inside trick-or-treat candy: 'Take this seriously' (opens Fox News)

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    Police in Fostoria, Ohio, advised parents to take their children's Halloween candy to a local hospital to be X-rayed for any potential metal objects after sewing needles were found inside at least two tampered treats during citywide trick-or-treating over the weekend.

  3. WCNC

    Ohio trick-or-treater finds sewing needles in Halloween candy, police say (opens WCNC)

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    "We’ve all heard of these types of things happening, but to actually have someone do this in our community is truly disturbing," Fostoria police said.

  4. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Police warn parents to check their children's candy after a sewing needle is found in a Kit Kat bar - WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    (CNN) — Police in Ohio say they’re disturbed after two […]

  5. Washington Examiner

    'Truly disturbing': Police in Ohio warn parents of needles found in Halloween candy (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Police in Fostoria, Ohio, warned parents after being made aware of at least two pieces of Halloween candy with a needle inserted into each one.

  6. Local News 8

    Police warn parents to check their children's candy after a sewing needle is found in a Kit Kat bar (opens Local News 8)

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    By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Police in Ohio say they’re disturbed after two sewing needles were found in Halloween candy. The candy was found to be tampered with after a citywide trick-or-treat Saturday night, Fostoria Police said in a statement Sunday.

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