Posted on 08/21/2002 7:12:27 PM PDT by Temple Owl
Aug. 21, 2002 Ohio police precinct station bugged The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Police summoned by neighbors to a house where the front door was observed standing open found it to be abandoned.
Except for some tiny dwellers.
Fleas. Thousands of them.
Sgt. Marc Dopp said the three officers discovered they were covered with the bugs as they left the two-story house on Tuesday.
"He sat down in the car and said it looked like his pants were moving," Officer James Yoder said of a fellow officer.
The infestation spread to five officers and five police cars. The Sixth Precinct substation had to be closed.
The officers were taken to University Hospitals East, where they were vigorously scrubbed down with a special soap.
An exterminator fumigated the police cars Tuesday night. The substation is to be sprayed Wednesday.
Information from: The Columbus Dispatch
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