This was found in a child's candy haul yesterday in Loves Park, IL.

What's the point of putting a big needle in candy you hand out to children? So they'll bite into the candy -- wrapper and all -- and bite down on a needle, corn-on-the-cob style?  It's not going to poke them in the mouth unless they put the candy (again, wrapper and all) in their mouth like a stick propping open an alligator's mouth.

You'd have to really say "Aaaah" to put that pack of Starburst in your mouth length-wise! Especially if you're a child.

Again, what's the point? I guess the point is that someone has brain damage, as well as serious issues trying to hurt children, get attention, or both.

when I lived in Washington,DC back in the 1960's this was a constant
problem, razor blades found in candy apples, broken glass found in
candy. It was just unsafe to trick and treat there. Some sick people
think they are either making a statement, or think they are being
funny.
It has been a sick world them and getting worse. I suspect that
the media are either not reporting this and covering them up to
make people feel good.