Needle in chocolate bar prompts OPP response

Nov 03, 2021

Early on November first, a Facebook post in South Frontenac quickly prompted a lot of attention. It was a picture of a chocolate bar, identified in the caption as a Kit Kat bar, with a sewing needle sticking out of the centre.

The man who made the post said that his girlfriend was about to eat the bar, when she noticed the needle. The initial post included the claim that the location of the house where the bar had been received was near Portland Road.

The post was shared widely, and a number of comments on the What’s Happening, South Frontenac page speculated about whether the picture was real and whether the story was a hoax. The claim was made by one commenter that the majority of stories about doctored Halloween candy end up being hoaxes of one kind or another.

In this case, however, the OPP were called in to investigate.

In a release on Tuesday afternoon, OPP Constable Richard Martin wrote that “the South Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating a complaint about a sharp object contained within Halloween candy. The incident was reported to police November 1, 2021 at 9:36 a.m.

“The object was located prior to consumption and no injuries were sustained. The candy was believed to have been collected in the village of Sydenham over Halloween night on October 31, 2021.”

When contacted after the release came out, Constable Martin said that OPP investigators have taken possession of the chocolate bar and interviewed a number of households in Sydenham. They determined that the source of candy used by the households varies quite a bit as people have plenty of shopping options for Halloween candy.

“The investigation is ongoing,” Martin said.

Anyone with information is asked to call South Frontenac OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS), where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.

Police remind the public to check candy before consumption.