{"id":109254,"date":"2025-11-03T22:43:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T03:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/halloween-hoax-exposed-after-9-year-old-admits-planting-needle-in-own-candy-109254"},"modified":"2025-11-03T22:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T03:43:51","slug":"halloween-hoax-exposed-after-9-year-old-admits-planting-needle-in-own-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/halloween-hoax-exposed-after-9-year-old-admits-planting-needle-in-own-candy-109254","title":{"rendered":"Halloween \u2018hoax\u2019 exposed after 9-year-old admits planting needle in own candy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A &#8220;trick-or-treat&#8221; candy scare that sent shivers through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/maryland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland town<\/a> turned out to be nothing more than a mischievous &#8220;trick&#8221; by a 9-year-old, who slipped a sewing needle into their own candy bag, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Police initially warned Rockville residents to &#8220;inspect all candy&#8221; after receiving reports that two children were given gummy bear packages containing sewing needles on Halloween. The alarming discovery led authorities to pinpoint several neighborhood blocks as possible sources.<\/p>\n<p>In an update to the Nov. 1 report, the Rockville City Police Department said they traced the incident back to one of the children involved, confirming it was a prank.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The incident was a hoax carried out by a 9-year-old child within the household where the report originated,&#8221; police said in a post on Facebook. &#8220;The child admitted to placing sewing needles in two packages of gummy bears.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/cannabis-gummy-poisonings-surge-among-vulnerable-group-experts-warn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CANNABIS GUMMY POISONINGS SURGE AMONG VULNERABLE GROUP, EXPERTS WARN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amid widespread public concern and a flurry of media attention over the initial report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police said<\/a> the child\u2019s parents spoke with their children again. During the conversation, the 9-year-old admitted to placing needles inside the candy just before their parents performed a precautionary safety scan with a magnet.<\/p>\n<p>Police said no other incidents were reported on or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/lifestyle\/occasions\/holiday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after Halloween<\/a>, suggesting that no children received any candy due to &#8220;maliciously tampering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/pumpkin-bread-crushes-competition-fall-favorites-revealed-across-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>PUMPKIN BREAD CRUSHES THE COMPETITION AS FALL FAVORITES ARE REVEALED ACROSS AMERICA<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This incident understandably raised concern within our community, and we are grateful that it did not present a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broader threat<\/a> to public safety,&#8221; Chief Jason L. West said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I commend the professionalism and diligence of our officers and detectives for their swift response, thorough investigation, and commitment to ensuring the facts of this case were fully uncovered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/halloween-hoax-exposed-after-9-year-old-admits-planting-needle-own-candy\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/halloween-hoax-exposed-after-9-year-old-admits-planting-needle-own-candy <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;trick-or-treat&#8221; candy scare that sent shivers through a Maryland town turned out to be nothing more than a mischievous &#8220;trick&#8221; by a 9-year-old, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-109254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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