West-end mom bites into razor blade in candy
Mother not hurt after sneaking Tootsie Roll from son’s loot
A west-end mom chomped into a razor blade Saturday night that was hidden in a candy in her son’s Halloween stash.
Amanda Crowley, who was not hurt, discovered the blade in a Tootsie Roll she’d snuck from her son’s loot.
The preteen and some of his friends went trick-or-treating in a group on Wednesday, making their way around the St. Catherine Elementary School neighbourhood.
After getting home from a conference Saturday night, Crowley grabbed a few candies from her son’s pile on her way to her bedroom.
Not paying attention to the wrapper, Crowley untwisted the ends and popped the candy into her mouth.
When she bit down, she noticed something hard in the middle.
Her mind immediately assumed it was razor blade from all the stories she’d heard as a kid.
“Is this what I think it is? Is there a blade in this candy?” Crowley recalls saying to herself.
She carefully removed it from her mouth and took a closer look. That’s when she saw a pencil-sharpener-like blade right in the middle.
“I’m lucky that it was me and not my child,” she said.
Her husband called police right away, but given that their son didn’t know which house it came from, there wasn’t much police could do.
“My kids were scared,” she said.
Crowley posted a note on Facebook to caution other parents. She hasn’t heard of any other incidents though. “I just wanted to warn people that you do have to be careful.”
Someone suggested to Crowley that it could’ve been the manufacturer – but she isn’t convinced. “I don’t think it was a disgruntled worker who put one (razor) into a candy.”
Crowley is contacting Tootsie Roll officials anyway to let them know what happened and suggest sealed packaging.
Going forward, that’s the only candy Crowley’s kids will be eating. Anything that’s not airtight will be tossed.
That’s the advice she received from some other moms who’ve chimed into the conversation since her Facebook post.
Either way, the Peterborough mom will be bringing out the fine-tooth comb next Halloween.