Bedbug Infestations On The Rise In Chicago

Chicago Reader:

Taina Rodriguez was at the dog beach with her husband and two mini schnauzers one afternoon last June when she got a disturbing phone call from her neighbor. There's been an explosion in your apartment, the neighbor said. You should hurry home.

As Rodriguez and her husband, Hernan Velarde, both 31, made their way back to their Albany Park two-flat, other neighbors and her landlord were calling too. By the time they got there, the fire had been put out and their street and two others were blocked off by fire trucks and police.

Taina Rodriguez was at the dog beach with her husband and two mini schnauzers one afternoon last June when she got a disturbing phone call from her neighbor. There's been an explosion in your apartment, the neighbor said. You should hurry home.

As Rodriguez and her husband, Hernan Velarde, both 31, made their way back to their Albany Park two-flat, other neighbors and her landlord were calling too. By the time they got there, the fire had been put out and their street and two others were blocked off by fire trucks and police.

Read the whole story: Chicago Reader

Comments

[george lamberis]

12:09 AM on 01/27/2012

Inability to write an article on the rise in Chicago.

[MsLadyBlueWorld]

11:29 PM on 01/26/2012

what's up with the people writing these stories here's a tip: don't use drugs if you have a professional job you take a hit of the crack or meth and it will hit you in ways you probably never thought get it together or go home and get some sleep.

[mjames5464]

08:08 PM on 01/26/2012

This story must have been proofread by dyslexic Danny...lol

[orborousv]

08:08 PM on 01/26/2012

The bed bugs made a meth lab. It blew up. Or the writer was on meth.

[CHUXKLES]

07:35 PM on 01/26/2012

The landlord will be charged for murder and attempted murder of potential voters.

When the landlord set the place on fire the Emmanuelites(bedbugs) just waited outside til the fire dept arrived.

[Joseph Erbentraut]

06:40 PM on 01/26/2012

The full feature is posted at the Chicago Reader, linked above: http://www.chicagoreader.com/gyrobase/bedbug-infestations-tracked-but-underreported/Content?oid=5472527&storyPage=1

[californiananc]

02:49 AM on 01/27/2012

Thanks, that made a littl more sense. :>)

[tonny630]

06:15 PM on 01/26/2012

Who wrote this, Johnny two-times?

[djcesar1]

05:07 PM on 01/26/2012

Way to go Huffington Post the article left me confused.......

[coffee tea]

03:55 PM on 01/26/2012

Um, I think someone skipped the editing of this article. And where's the bedbug story?

[CHUXKLES]

07:33 PM on 01/26/2012

Click on read whole story then you'll get thefull article. Confused me too..

[Vicky Lupo McDonald]

03:24 PM on 01/26/2012

What is going on with the headline of this article and then the content, it does not match!

[michelleobamaok]

04:05 PM on 01/26/2012

The bedbugs arrived in Chicago via New York & Mexico, went gangsta, and blew up things.....like apartment buildings. These be supa bugs......

[DDay52]

07:12 PM on 01/26/2012

You know, there's a name for people who bring up Obama on almost any occasion--they're called, just plain NUTZ!!!!

[RoseMarie Noa]

04:07 PM on 01/26/2012

There is no follow-up story!!! What happened???? did Obama put a damper on anything negative about his hometown???? I'm not surprised there are bugs there.....they go where the dirt is!!!

[tootiesandi]

05:38 PM on 01/26/2012

Exactly!!

[finallylegal]

07:23 PM on 01/26/2012

this is what happens when you have an unwashed mob 'occupy' a major city!