More Details Emerge Following Possible Tainted Hudson Valley Halloween Candy

Police are continuing to investigate after a pill was found inside a candy bar given out to a 13-year-old girl who was trick-or-treating in Poughkeepsie.

Wappingers Falls resident Joann Turner’s daughter was celebrating Halloween on Saturday at the Poughkeepsie Galleria’s “Malloween.” The 13-year-old girl received that tainted candy while trick-or-treating from store to store. It’s unclear at this time what store the potentially spiked candy was given out at.

Turner checks her daughter’s candy every year but says she never finds anything wrong. She adds this time it was her daughter who questioned why it looked like a Snickers bar had already been opened. Turner claims the wrapper appeared to have been sliced open with a blade at both ends.

Inside the wrapper, Turner noticed the chocolate had been cut horizontally. When she opened up the candy bar to investigate she spotted a pink pill. The pill had the number "4" written on it.

Turner then called police to report on the incident. Police took the pill for testing as they investigate further. Officials want to remind parents to check and recheck all the candy their children received on Halloween.

Management from the Poughkeepsie Galleria responded to the Poughkeepsie Journal on the incident in an emailed statement. "(The) Poughkeepsie Galleria has hosted our annual Malloween event for years to provide a fun and safe place for the community to enjoy Halloween. We are working closely with the tenants and Town of Poughkeepsie police and continue to encourage everyone to always check their candy from every source — grocery, party, trick-or-treating, etc."

Dutchess County Sheriff’s Captain John Watterson appeared on the Boris and Robyn show on Friday and said, "There is the possibility that there can be problems with the candy, but honestly we haven’t seen that. I can’t remember the last time that I saw that."

You can listen to the complete interview from Friday with Watterson below:

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Poughkeepsie Town Police at 845-485-3666.