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FARMINGTON A reported bed bug infestation at a Farmington homeless shelter has been dealt with, its director said Thursday.

"We had an incident, but we took care of it," said Jonna Sharpe, executive director of People Assisting The Homeless, which has a 72-bed facility.

Sharpe said she paid $1,000 for Absolute Commercial Pest Management Inc. to kill the bed bugs this week. She said company workers wanted to spray only the one room that was infested, but she insisted they spray all four rooms, which included 28 beds in an area for single women.

The pest control company's owner, Jack Miller, said his company did spray the building on Tuesday, but it was a "regular monthly service call" and they didn't find any bed bugs.

"It had nothing to do with bed bugs," he said.

Crystal Lee, a 30-year-old mother who stays at the shelter with her 19-month-old son, said on Thursday that the bugs aren't gone. She, her son and others who stay at the PATH are still being bitten, she said.

Circular red welts mark most bed bug bites. The bugs can't spread diseases, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not consider them a public health threat, according to the agency's website.

Sharpe said she's upset because the shelter helps people at no charge and also provides meals.

Earlier in the week, Lee told The Daily Times she called the health department, and they suggested she speak with Sharpe.

"It's still going on," Lee said. "You know what they did? They just moved me to a different room."

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PATH Director: Bed bugs gone: Woman staying at the shelter says the problem remains

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DES MOINES, Iowa People who live in a city owned apartment complex say the place is infested with bed bugs and that Des Moines city leaders arent doing enough to solve the problem.

So the residents are getting the courts involved.

More than fifty tenants at the Royal View Manor apartment complex, a 200-unit facility for low income families have joined a class action lawsuit trying to force the city to clean it up and pay for damages.

At Royal View Manor, residents say they dont have much and what they do have, theyre being forced to throw away.

I lost my love seat, I lost my bed, said Julie Davis, a resident.

Most of the stuff is stacked up near the dumpster. All of it is infested with bed bugs.

Its getting to the point I want to move out here and find somewhere else to go, said Lewis.

Dozens claim to be victims of the annoying, at times painful pests. Few have as many scars as Orna Tigner and her neighbor Jeanette McDowell.

Its just so devastating, its humiliating. Youre embarrassed, said McDowell.

Both admit the city has hired pest control companies to heat treat and spray their apartments on a regular basis but as soon as the exterminators leave, they say the bugs show right back up.

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Class Action Suit Filed Against City Over Bed Bug Infestation

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Cabell County Library manager Judy Rule would be content to just read to kids, but lately her duties have also included pest control.

"They're nasty little creatures, she said. We certainly don't want to take them home with us."

Rule says over the past few months, patrons returned six books with bed bugs within the pages.

Those people are banned from checking out any more items until they can show they've done something at their homes to get rid of the bed bugs.

"Apartments that are not being sprayed professionally seem to be the ones that are more affected," Rule said.

A spokesperson with the Cabell Huntington Health Department says bed bugs do not carry diseases, but they do like tight places and human blood.

Rule says her staff has been checking each book as they're returned to make sure there's no residue or bugs.

They're also using sticky strips to try to catch the tiny pests. So far, only a couple have turned up.

If a book is returned that is thought to be questionable, its placed in a bug zapping box in a back room.

"It's something to be concerned about, circulation specialist Jason Roach said. It's certainly not something to be paranoid about."

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Fighting Bed Bugs at the Cabell County Library