Residents Say Hermitage Apartment Complex Infested With Bed Bugs

by Shannon Royster

HERMITAGE, Tenn. Residents in one apartment complex in Hermitage said they're being eaten alive by bed bugs and claimed they can't get management to clean up the on-going problem.

Inez Kinlaw's arms and legs are covered with bed bug bites.

"It's agony and itching all the time," she said. "I'm constantly having sores."

She said the problem is so out of control, she's had to bag up bedding and clothing. She even had to trash her bed.

"This is my second bed I've had to get rid of, so now I have to buy my third bed," said Kinlaw.

And she's not alone. NewsChannel 5 found at least two dumpsters at the Pine Brook Apartments piled with mattress after mattress and furniture. Kinlaw said she got fed up in the middle of the night.

"I woke up to being bit, and I saw the big bug it was sitting right here on my chest and I jumped up and picked up my bed and threw it in the hallway as bugs fell out of my bed," said Kinlaw.

Kinlaw said they did seek treatment.

"We've actually had somebody to come out to spray before and it hasnt helped; there's just too many of them."

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Residents Say Hermitage Apartment Complex Infested With Bed Bugs