TOWAMENCIN, Pa. - It was the kind of Halloween scare Jennifer Gage wasn't expecting.
Township Police said the danger came from a house somewhere in the area of Woodlawn Drive and Walnut Lane. That danger was a razor stuffed into a small candy bar.
“I'm just very surprised; in my own neighborhood…that something like this would happen. I've never seen it in my life,” said Gage.
Her 13-yr-old son was sorting through his pillowcase of trick-or-treat goodies when he made the horrifying discovery, “He was opening up a little piece of candy, like every other child does the morning after Halloween and found a razor blade, and says "Mom! Good thing you told me to check my candy, look at this!”
Gage said the razor blade was found in a snack-size Nestle crunch bar, "It looked rusty like someone had it laying in their garage or something and said "Oh, let's go put this in candy. Quite disturbing."
Her son had visited several houses around the block with friends. The big question is who would be so cruel? "It's quite a scary thought; a holiday that's mostly celebrated by young children in elementary school, someone would be that hateful to try to harm them,” said Gage.
Though police have not named a suspect just yet, Sgt. John Cutrone said they have been alerting nearby parents, “We went out, canvassed the area. We've helped put up over 100 fliers to the neighbors. We just want everyone to know, that child could have been cut just by grabbing that candy bar.”
Gage is just glad no one was hurt in this odd incident, "You always heard about these things and you're like "Yeah" like it's some kind of crazy thing that would happen, but you never believe it would happen to you."
Police have questions about how the blade got into the candy since it was wedged between the bar and the wrapper. Investigators are contacting the company to see if the razor may have gotten in during the manufacturing process. In the meantime they are asking anyone with doubts about their candy to bring it to police.
Township Police said the danger came from a house somewhere in the area of Woodlawn Drive and Walnut Lane. That danger was a razor stuffed into a small candy bar.
“I'm just very surprised; in my own neighborhood…that something like this would happen. I've never seen it in my life,” said Gage.
Her 13-yr-old son was sorting through his pillowcase of trick-or-treat goodies when he made the horrifying discovery, “He was opening up a little piece of candy, like every other child does the morning after Halloween and found a razor blade, and says "Mom! Good thing you told me to check my candy, look at this!”
Gage said the razor blade was found in a snack-size Nestle crunch bar, "It looked rusty like someone had it laying in their garage or something and said "Oh, let's go put this in candy. Quite disturbing."
Her son had visited several houses around the block with friends. The big question is who would be so cruel? "It's quite a scary thought; a holiday that's mostly celebrated by young children in elementary school, someone would be that hateful to try to harm them,” said Gage.
Though police have not named a suspect just yet, Sgt. John Cutrone said they have been alerting nearby parents, “We went out, canvassed the area. We've helped put up over 100 fliers to the neighbors. We just want everyone to know, that child could have been cut just by grabbing that candy bar.”
Gage is just glad no one was hurt in this odd incident, "You always heard about these things and you're like "Yeah" like it's some kind of crazy thing that would happen, but you never believe it would happen to you."
Police have questions about how the blade got into the candy since it was wedged between the bar and the wrapper. Investigators are contacting the company to see if the razor may have gotten in during the manufacturing process. In the meantime they are asking anyone with doubts about their candy to bring it to police.
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