4-year-old boy tests positive for meth; Halloween candy suspected
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http://www.kcbd.com/global/story.asp?s=13441329
Lubbock, TX (KCBD) - Levelland police are waiting on lab tests to confirm whether or not Halloween candy given to a four year old was laced with drugs. This investigation is somewhat of a Halloween nightmare for police who are working to figure out how methamphetamines made it into the body of a four year old."We were so scared because we didn't know what happened," said Jaime Chavez about what happened to his son.
The four year old was not himself Friday afternoon. Non-responsive and seizing, Levelland police say Jaime's mom rushed her son to the hospital. The Chavez family had no reason to believe their son was high.
"The test came back to show he had meth in his system," said Police Chief Toney Cowan about the investigation.
When Sgt. Ricky Galdino got to the hospital, he didn't expect to learn the four year old was high. "The family is upset. I would be too as a grandparent," said Sgt. Galdino.
At the hospital, Sgt. Galdino learned from Jaime's mom that maybe the meth could have come from candy his sister got during a Halloween festival at school. He immediately contacted Levelland ISD administrators. Jaime's sister did not get sick.
"We notified the school district the possibility some of the candy had meth in it," explained Chief Cowan who said the district was very concerned.
The school district asked parents to bring their kids candy back. Officers went to pick up the candy first thing Monday morning.
The sweet treats parents sent to school are now evidence, waiting to be tested for traces of meth.
"It concerns us. What are we dealing with? One piece or the entire bag?" said the chief who is testing it all to be safe. "We are not 100 percent sure of the parent who sent the candy but we have a pretty good idea."
On his watch, Chief Cowan says he has never dealt with the possibility of drug laced Halloween candy but is determined to find the person who gave the four year old meth.
The department says it could have been worse. There are no reports of any other children testing positive for meth and Jaime is the only incident. Investigators will not know for sure whether or not the candy was laced with drugs until test results come back.
"He's doing real good right now," said Chavez about his son. Jaime went back to the doctor on Monday and got the thumbs up from physicians.
Police don't have any reason to believe, based on their investigation, that the four year old had any access to meth in his home.
The candy will be tested at DPS crime lab in Lubbock.
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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They do free xrays at the airport here.....not sure about the drug dogs yet. Something seems dirty here......
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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sidewaysclyde
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This was the urban legend we all talked about as kids - make sure the candy doesn't have drugs/ apples with razors/ cookies with Drain-O etc etc. I feel for the kid, and the family. That's super screwed up - but at least they think they know who might be responsible.
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sidewaysclyde
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MINDHEAD
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come on they aren't 100% sure that it was from candy... but I do feel for the young boy and his family
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Radical_Centrist
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My family has never celebrated Halloween for religious reasons, but even if we did I would not allow my child to go door to door begging for candy from STRANGERS.
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Radical_Centrist:
Halloween's a fun holiday - I hope you get to enjoy it sometime. :)
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sidewaysclyde
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RojoGatto
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i feel bad for the kid this happens to and the parents dont believe him
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RojoGatto
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flyingkick
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Bullshit.
He got into someone's stash, and they're trying to blame it on "Halloween candy."
Yeah right. - 2 years ago
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flyingkick
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good_stuff
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I think that the most interesting quote from the story is as follows:
"We are not 100 percent sure of the parent who sent the candy but we have a pretty good idea."
So they have a lead as to who did it? How do they expect to know who brought what candy to school? Is the teacher going to remember? Are they going to do it by process of elimination with the rest of the parents identifying what candy they brought? What if a bunch of parents bought the same type of candy? Wouldn't it be easier to just try and identify which wrappers have been tampered with?
It sounds like a setup to me. Meth dealers/addicts don't give free samples to 4 year olds, because 4 year olds don't have enough money to buy drugs. It sounds a lot more like a setup to prosecute some person that the local police have a grudge against. They are going to arrest some other mexican kid's Dad and say that he supplied the candy.
Either that, or some religous zealot did it to prove that Halloween is the Devil's holiday.
Don't beleive the hype people. This is Lubbuck Texas afterall.
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good_stuff
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good_stuff:
What does "This is Lubbuck Texas afterall." mean?
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WeBelieve
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If you find candy wrapped up in a balloon or condom, you probably shouldnt eat it.
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WeBelieve
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bailey78
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thats fucked up I wish to meet the dumb fuck that did this. I guarantee he or she would never do it again.
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larock
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GEEEZ - as if the sugar "high" isn't enough.
aw. :( - 2 years ago
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CalgarC
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header is off...
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corndog67
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I don't know any cranksters that will give away their dope. They are way too tight to do something just to watch someone trip.
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div
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Poor kid. I wonder if he's terrified of eating candy now. I might be if I was a four year old and the doctor told me the reason I got sick was because of what was in the candy.
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littlwarrior
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Messed up, that is just messed up. I hope they find out who did this and lock his ass up. Sombody did this to my kid and I would be ready to kill, they would have to lock him up to keep him safe.
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lmln36:
Because of all this spam I will never ever buy anything from you. Your just pissing people off.
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Dmerza1989
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Who gives away free drugs in this economy ?! Every time i grab candy i hope there is a little lsd in it!
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SamuraiDave
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Before kneejerkers harp on about the evils of trick-or-treating, was there any evidence that the kid went trick-or-treating? The drug-laced candy according to the story seems to have originated at the school so no one actually gave a 4-year old meth-laced candy
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SamuraiDave
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grandavi:
this candy apparently came from the school not a stranger
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grandavi:
Kids have been getting candy from strangers for years now. Not all of them have had problems. Halloween IS fun, we just need to weed out the creeps.
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grandavi:
There has never been a real problem with people handing out drug-laced candy to kids. The razor blade apple stories were all just stories.
Check out snopes:
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grandavi:
Samhain is a time for Druids and paganism. Halloween is just a secularized version for the sake of marketing.
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grandavi:
I haven't heard that about snopes. Do you have evidence?
Here're some other sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoned_candy_scare
http://www.livescience.com/health/poisoned-halloween-candy-myth-101027.html
http://www.tampabay.com/features/parenting/poisoned-candy-turns-out-to-be-a-hall...
http://www.good.is/post/poisoned-halloween-candy-stranger-danger-doesn-t-exist/
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insaintity
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vancitysage:
Or the marketing of snakes...
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grandavi:
Happens every year? It's actually insanely rare. There have only been two deaths that were even associated with Halloween candy and even then it wasn't because they got the candy from a stranger.
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grandavi:
Snopes is not the only source, as insaintity pointed out (sorry, I didn't notice that they had already posted links, d'oh). So if this happens every year how many children are affected and do you have a source?
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chloroplasts
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chloroplasts
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grandavi:
Also, I apologize that I went straight for death as an example even though it wasn't in the article and such. I got into a discussion with someone else about the topic of halloween candy a while ago and that was on my mind, I are scatterbrained.
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alexandrek:
his sister maybe? Read the article, the candy in suspect came from the school not from someone's house.
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SamuraiDave:
So someone sent meth laced candy to a fucking school, thats even more fucked in the head.
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littlwarrior:
perhaps or it was a bit of sabotage at either factory or the store where it was sold. There some people who like to shake up soda bottles in stores never knowing who will open it but getting a sick laugh from it anyway
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SamuraiDave
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CarlosIsDown
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This is all John Boehner's fault! If he wasn't so against regulation, the FDA would've caught this!
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SamuraiDave
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I suspect there will be a rise in Meth-heads trick-or-treating next year
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frank_runyeon
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Wait... will the kids ever get their Halloween candy back?!
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keithponder
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this is sickening to read. I hope the child recovers safely and shows no ill effects from this deadly prank.
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