Suburban police investigate Halloween candy tampering report

Police in a northern suburb of Chicago are investigating after a family reported finding foreign objects in their daughter's Halloween candy.Waukegan Halloween candy investigationWaukegan police said they received a report about Halloween candy that had been tampered with around 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31. Officers later spoke with the child's mother at a home in the 3000 block of Grandville Street.The mother said her 9-year-old daughter had been trick-or-treating when she noticed that a magnet stuck to some of her candy. The girl had previously watched a video about using a magnet to check candy for metal, police said.After the family got home, the mother checked the candy. She told police she found sewing needles, bobby pins, copper wire, plastic and a gold nail inside some pieces of chocolate candy.The family had trick-or-treated in the area of Flossmoor Avenue, Leith Avenue and Ridgeland Avenue, according to police. They also visited homes near Waukegan High School on Brookside Avenue, i