Broken Toothpick Found In Piece Of Halloween Candy In Manchester Township, N.J.

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- Police in Manchester Township, New Jersey issued a warning, after a parent found a Tootsie Roll with a shard of a toothpick in it among her Halloween candy.

The parent told police she was trick-or-treating with her child and was trying to eat the Tootsie Roll, when she bit into it and found the shard, Manchester Township police said.

Police Patrolman Patrick Mabie investigated, and found that the woman and her family had trick-or-treated primarily on Madison Avenue, Twelfth Avenue, and Birmingham Avenue in the Pine Lake Park section of Madison, police said.

The woman said she also found another Tootsie Roll with a punctured wrapper, but no toothpick, police said.

Anyone who might have received suspicious Halloween candy in the township was asked to call Manchester Township Police at (732) 657-6111.

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