Oshawa child predator tries to lure kids using Halloween candy

Durham Regional Police are asking for the public’s assistance after a sexually inappropriate note was found in the trick or treat bag of a young boy.

Officers say at approximately 6:30 p.m. on October 31, 2010, a father took his nine- year-old son trick or treating in the area of Elmwood Court and Edenwood Drive, South, in Oshawa.

They returned home and the child’s father began checking the contents of the bag. He located a folded piece of paper containing sexually inappropriate language and contacted police.

Police would like to speak to anyone else who may have received an inappropriate note in their trick or treat bag Halloween night in that neighborhood or other neighborhoods.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Det.Debosky of the Major Crime Unit at (905) 579-1520 ext. 5340.