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Wendi Kraemer of Rostraver, Penn. was arrested and charged with public nuisance on Tuesday, June 2 after police allegedly found 50 pigs on her property, according to multiple reports<\/p>\n
Local authorities began investigating weeks earlier, after local residents reported a rat infestation in the neighborhood<\/p>\n
Kraemer’s preliminary court hearing is scheduled for July 13<\/p>\n
A Pennsylvania woman was charged with public nuisance after around 50 pigs were allegedly discovered at her home following reports of a rat infestation.<\/p>\n
Wendi Kraemer, 59, of Rostraver, Penn., was arrested and charged on Tuesday, June 2, according to court records obtained by PEOPLE.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnbelievable. It’s unbelievable in there,\u201d Township Manager Jeffrey Keffer told WXPI-TV.<\/a> \u201cWe were chasing pigs and corralling pigs. Because there were so many, we had to make multiple trips. I think there were three trailer loads.”<\/p>\n The property has allegedly been condemned, The Mon Valley Independent<\/a> reports, citing police sources. Police and Erik Mitchell, the township zoning\/code enforcement official, began their investigation into Kraemer on May 18, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n Kraemer reportedly claimed to run an “animal rescue” at the property, and had established a website to raise money for the animals, the outlet reported, citing a criminal complaint.<\/p>\n Rostraver Police Chief Scott Sokol told the Mon Valley Independent that the pigs were “stuffed” into a small area, and that they also encountered dogs and cats in the “horrifying” conditions.<\/p>\n \u201cWe found abhorrent conditions, filth to a level that you could not believe,\u201d Sokol claimed to the outlet. \u201cThere were rats present. We found a large number of pigs corralled on the property.”<\/p>\n Rostraver Township Police Department told local CBS affiliate KDKA<\/a> that alleged “trash conditions” at Kraemer’s residence located on Route 51 are believed to have caused a colony of rats to “become established” and invade other homes on Adams Drive.<\/p>\n