Karen Cain told KDKA that when she looked out her window on May 17, she saw hundreds of rats.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I couldn’t sleep that night,” Cain said. “I immediately started searching the house to make sure there wasn’t anything in the house.”<\/p>\n
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Some residents in Rostraver Township say they’re being overrun, not by traffic or construction, but by rats scurrying through their yards and neighborhood.<\/p>\n
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A few houses down, Jed Allen said he’d been dealing with the rats for even longer. He said when his son was riding his bike, a rat “jumped out of the woods and chased him.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It started with smells and then all of a sudden we started seeing rats in the driveway when we get home,” Allen said. “I’m a plumber. When I say something smells, I mean it, you know. So, I mean, it’s like putrid.”<\/p>\n
In filing the charges against Kraemer, police said residents have been afraid to go outside because of “health and safety concerns.” Some people have even left their homes to stay somewhere else, police said. Neighbors have reported seeing rats digging holes around their homes, and they’ve found dead rats in their yards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Many residents have put out traps, poison, and even hired vermin control to protect their properties,” police wrote. \u00a0<\/p>\n
When KDKA talked to Kraemer last week, she said the rats were dumped on her property and she has been working with a pest control company. She also said she has filed a lawsuit against the township for harassment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Court paperwork shows Kraemer has a preliminary arraignment and a preliminary hearing scheduled for July 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Erika Stanish<\/a><\/p>\n contributed to this report.\n <\/p>\n