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This is so sad.....what happened to the days when you could trust your neighbors and your kids would get homemade candy apples or popcorn fritters? now you are scared to even let them go trick or treating...is this what our country has come to?

That candy looks like it has a pill in it to begin with or any part of the center to a paranoid person if it is pressed or played with. Law enforcement loves to play on the paranoid and use them to further an illusion of their need. Hey, they like being heroes or they wouldnt have the job.

Alexandria Ohio is one of the last places I would ever imagine this happening. This is a small close knit village, where everyone knows everyone. If this is true it makes me very sad.

i actually know somebody who lives in alexandria. i would never of dreamed this would happen here. stories like these make me want to just keep my kids at home all the time. i can't believe some of the things going on in our country, cities and even small towns.

I remember candy being tampered with when I was a kid growing up in New Straitsville, Ohio. It was in the early to mid 1980's that it happened. So sad that someone would try to hurt a child.

In this day in age, you almost have to question whether or not this candy was tampered with or is this just someone filing a police report to get some attention. I'm not saying either or, but let's face it - we've had a lot of stories in recent months where the "victim" is actually the perpatrator.

Rita wrote:

This is so sad.....what happened to the days when you could trust your neighbors and your kids would get homemade candy apples or popcorn fritters? now you are scared to even let them go trick or treating...is this what our country has come to?

Uhhhhh, where have u been???? Those days have been long gone, sorry!!! Wake up, it's 2009 and not getting any better...

Greetings all. I wanted to comment on this because it's such a tragedy and morbid skewing of an innocent night intended for our children.

Unfortunately one year this same thing happened when I was a youngster. From that year on, no more homemade candy (I remember popcorn balls, candy apples, carmel apples, anise, cookies, chocolate dips, even beverages). Oh how I miss those days. I wish kids got to experience when neighbors actually made the foods. Everyone's candies were different. Now every house is shelf-bought. No real 'assortment' like in my day. enough said,...

1)It doesn't matter the size of a community for this to happen. I know it's a common misunderstanding that "THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE BIG CITY BUT NOT HERE IN CORN-TOWN". Truth is, big city folk move into and through our 'little communities' every day. Thus, that 'BIG CITY' stuff is arriving each day into your and my little communities. Some of these new neighbors may be moving into our towns because they needed to start over. However, most are legitimate and wonderful people.

2)Aside from #1 above, this is likely one of two things. The first being someone with a mental illness and doesn't consider (at all) the ramifications of such an action. Let's pass the possibility of a child dying. Instead, let's look at what happens to the integrity of the innocent night of candy. Now, that community will NEVER be able to forget it too has these risks. Thus, a historical change has just occurred from one mentally challenged person.

The second point being of someone that simply wants attention. Again, not considering the ramifications of such an action. Even if the medicine didn't make the child ill or die. These people are just as scary as those with mental illness (#1 above). But these people can understand their actions have ramifications.

Thus, no matter what, this little ditty this person did by implanting medicine or (drugs) into a child's candy can and should be gone after with iron-fist justice to make a stern and forceful point to safeguard you and I. Anything less than a full investigation and (if found) felony charges would be an injustice to us as community members.

In closing let me say if someone knows who did this and is reading this, no matter if a child gets ill or dies, let's assume no one gets sick or dies,... you, sir / ma'am are a coward b*stard and you are easily just as responsible for such acts and I hope you (too) are charged.

Typically I do not use such stern words. However, I felt compelled to 'express' myself in this post. To those of you reading this, I am sorry if you took offense. As most of you know i'm rather a humble person that is open minded and patient in the legal process. Until I read this in the news.

Warmest Wishes,
Marysville

sick people in this world.

In the mid to late 60's and early seventies, when I was trick or treating, my mother still had to check our candy before we were allowed to eat it. We lived in a nice quiet little town. This is not new, but still so sad. The worse thing we ever came across was some dirty pictures. My dad saw them through some paper in my bag. He confronted them right there. They took back the pictures. Now days, he probably would have been shot.

this is very sad. i cannot believe a grown adult would actually try to do something to harm a child! sicko's!

I think this is seriously sad. It is trick-or-treat parents should not have to worry about their kids being poisoned and people should not want to hurt children! It is so sad that we have to worry about things like this! People should just be good and wholesome and do unto others and you would have them do to you! This makes me never want my child to enjoy something that is supposed to be fun like trick or treating!

halloween always brings out the sickos its really sad

I find it very hard to believe that someone in Alexandria would do this. I think someone is just trying to get attention.How sad. Next year, they'll trick or treat in their own neighborhood huh??

I don't believe it- just a gut reaction. It would be more than one caramel candy, so more than one child would have them. And who gives out just one caramel, you might give two or three at a time.

I am betting that the parent that took their child to this area (in which they didn't even live) is up to no good and did this on their own- a common attempt made at food establishments. I can smell a lawsuit in the making.

My thoughts and feelings exactly! I used to lived there for 8 years! The whole town is (maybe) 10 blocks long! Everyone knows everyone and nothing goes by un-noticed.I could be wrong...but I have a feeling that somebody's parent just wants their "15 minutes". I hope they check out the parent who made this claim and "their" medicine cabinet as well. Sorry--I just don't believe it.
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is_scam wrote:

I don't believe it- just a gut reaction. It would be more than one caramel candy, so more than one child would have them. And who gives out just one caramel, you might give two or three at a time.
I am betting that the parent that took their child to this area (in which they didn't even live) is up to no good and did this on their own- a common attempt made at food establishments. I can smell a lawsuit in the making.

Riiiiiiight. Wake up people! The parents put the pill in there themselves for attention. They live a pathetic, boring life and wanted the public eye centered on them and feeling sorry for them. Like that "ballon boy" family. Pathetic.

AJD wrote:

I think this is seriously sad. It is trick-or-treat parents should not have to worry about their kids being poisoned and people should not want to hurt children! It is so sad that we have to worry about things like this! People should just be good and wholesome and do unto others and you would have them do to you! This makes me never want my child to enjoy something that is supposed to be fun like trick or treating!

and it should rain rose pedals and joy-joy to all in the world! Growup.

Mike wrote:

<quoted text> and it should rain rose pedals and joy-joy to all in the world! Growup.

Mike, I am grown up enough to try and make this world a better place, maybe you should act like an adult and try instead of putting down those who are trying to do better.