Published Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999 Recently, the court received a $23,000 grant from the Ohio Supreme Court to purchase new security equipment, including an X-ray machine. Eastern District Court Judge Ronald J. Rice said parents can bring their children to the court Oct. 31 to run their Halloween candy through the X-ray machine to check it for metal objects.
"You hear horror stories all the time, so this is a precautionary thing," Rice said. "Hopefully we won't find anything, but better safe than sorry."
Brookfield Police Chief, Dan Faustino, said in the past couple of years there have been no reports of anything suspicious found in candy. He said he can't remember the last time a metal object was found in Halloween candy. Police have been called to check candy that "looked funny" but found nothing wrong, Faustino said.
The court will be open during trick-or-treat hours, which are 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 31, and for a few hours afterward, Rice said, adding that parents can take the opportunity to visit the new court building while checking their children's candy.
The court is located in the Kirila Professional Building on Brookwood Drive.
