Stafford, Va. -- It takes a dedicated deputy to work the Halloween late shift at the Stafford County Courthouse.
Officials here each year leave on the lights so parents and children can have their Halloween treats screened for harmful pins and needles – for free.
The process was simple Monday night. Deputy Charles Havasy dumped out the candy onto the conveyor belt and ran it through the X-ray machine at the courthouse entrance. While being screened, the individually wrapped candies appear on the adjacent computer monitor as little orange bits that look like candy corn. Darker blues that can appear on the monitor help to register metals and weapons.
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