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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Bedbugs have become so prevalent in Cleveland that the city now keeps two ambulances in reserve just to replace others as they become infested with the blood-sucking insects.

The city's Emergency Medical Service also has started issuing protective gowns, booties and hair nets to ambulance crews entering bedbug hotspots tracked by dispatchers on a computer database. The list, which expands andthen contracts as bugs are exterminated, stood at 52 addresses Friday.

"We've taken a very aggressive approach," said Nicole Carlton, acting EMS commissioner. "We always tell our people to be very vigilant."

Bedbugs have made a nationwide resurgence, reaching Cincinnati several years ago and then migrating up Interstate 71. Fire stations in Cincinnati and Columbus have battled infestations.

The Cleveland Department of Public Health recorded 497 bedbug complaints last year, up from 296 the year before. The Cuyahoga County Board of Health, which covers areas other than Cleveland and Shaker Heights, handled 161 cases in 2011, more than four times the volume two years earlier.

The speck-size, burrowing insects pose no serious health threats, but their bites are painful. Infestations also are difficult to find and eradicate.

In November, Cleveland officials brought a bedbug-sniffing Jack Russell terrier into an ambulance base. The dog, trained to detect the scent of human blood, found bedbugs in a chair. The same day, the terrier checked out ambulance service headquarters -- often used for community CPR and first-aid training -- but turned up nothing.

Police Chief Michael McGrath issueda memolast month advising officers to be on the lookout for bedbugs. He made recommendations for avoiding contact -- for example, don't sit in homes visited on the job -- and said uniforms thought to be infested should be sealed in plastic until washed and dried at high, bedbug-killing temperatures.

Jeff Follmer, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, went one step farther this week after fielding complaints from union members.

Follmer bought two cases of a spray -- 24 bottles at $15 each -- that kills the bugs by means of dehydration. He then delivered the spray, an all-natural blend not subject to federal environment regulations, to stations.

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COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio - A family of six, including four children is displaced after their apartment in Colerain Township caught fire.

Crews responded to the apartment building in the 3500 block of Galbraith Road at about 9:30 Saturday evening.  When they arrived, heavy smoke and flames were seen shooting from the roof of the building.

Capt. Steven Conn with the Colerain Township Fire department says a common home remedy used to treat bed bugs is to blame for the fire.

A resident at the apartment was using isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle to kill bed bugs.

Conn says that spraying alcohol makes a vapor that is extremely flammable and only needs a simple source to start a fire.

In Saturday's case, that source was a simple cigarette. Candles, furnaces or other heat sources can also ignite a fire.

Everyone made it out of the home safely and the family is now receiving assistance from the Red Cross.

Springfield Township and Green Township fire departments also responded for mutual aid.

The fire has been estimated to have caused $30,000 in damage.

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MANVILLE: Police blotter for Feb. 13-19

DATE POSTED: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:28 PM EST

   Police responded to a minor motor vehicle accident with no injuries on Brooks Boulevard at 6 a.m. Feb. 13 and said the undercarriage of a vehicle might have been damaged due to a loose water main cover. N.J. American Water Co. was notified. A wrecker was called.

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   A North 4th Avenue caller at 7:13 a.m. Feb. 13 said his vehicle was hit overnight. Police recorded it as a hit-and-run.

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   Police responded to a report from a fire official of an irate tenant during a building inspection on West Camplain Road at 10:24 a.m. Feb. 13.

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   Police found a $50 bill at the intersection of Kaschak Boulevard and Main Street at 1:13 p.m. Feb. 13. They logged it into evidence as found property and eventually returned the money to Fray Bandel of Hillsborough, who police said had dropped it at a motor vehicle accident scene earlier and called to say it was missing.

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   County communications alerted police at 1:19 p.m. Feb. 13 to what it said was a burglary in progress at the front door of a Duke’s Parkway home. Police found a postal worker at the door delivering mail. The homeowner was advised.

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   A person came to headquarters at about 2 p.m. Feb. 13 to turn in a black wallet found with a Washington driver’s license, credit cards and $25 cash. Police contacted the owner, a man who lives on Griggs Place, who was to retrieve the wallet.

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   Easter Seals reported at 6:28 p.m. Feb. 13 that one of its patients had overdosed on pain pills, but was conscious and breathing. Patrols and the rescue squad responded and the woman was taken to Somerset Medical Center.

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   A Fulton Bank employee said there was a man in the bank with bad checks at 10:11 a.m. Feb. 14. John Hartrum of South 14th Avenue said he had received the checks from a man whose last known address was Glen Gardner. The lost value was $3,350, police said. The investigation was to continue.

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   At 1:21 p.m. Feb. 14, Adesa Auto Auction reported having two stolen vehicles in its lot on North Main Street. One car was a 2005 Infiniti and the other a 2002 Toyota Camry. Teletypes were sent.

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   On a motor vehicle stop on North 13th Avenue, police arrested Joseph F. Kulcsar, 25, of North 10th Avenue and Dale A. Scott, 38, of South Bank Street and charged them with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, which police suspected was heroin, and drug paraphernalia at 4:14 p.m. Feb. 14. Both were released after paying 10 percent in cash on the $5,000 bail.

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   South Euclid, Ohio, police told local police at 6:27 p.m. Feb. 14 that they had recovered a 2008 Toyota Camry reported stolen from Adesa Auto Auction between Jan. 5 and March 24, 2011.

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   At 9:07 a.m. Feb. 15, a N.J. American Water Co. employee reported criminal mischief to the chain link fence on the North 9th Avenue side of the water tank property. Police found damage to a 2-foot section of fence, with an estimated repair value of $250.

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   The pizza oven starting up triggered a false fire alarm at Millstone Grill on North Main Street at 10:43 a.m. Feb. 15.

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   Adesa Auto Auction reported at 4:09 p.m. Feb. 15 it had a recovered a motor vehicle found to be stolen in East Orange. Teletypes were sent.

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   Value Mental Options of Florida called at 4:51 p.m. Feb. 15 to say a man wanted to harm himself in Manville. Police found his house abandoned, but Sprint Wireless pinpointed his cell phone in Warren Township. Sgt. Jeffrey Petrone spoke to the man until Warren police arrived and took him for medical help.

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   A caller reported a strange odor inside a building on South Main Street at 4:54 p.m. Feb. 15. Firefighters responded and police reported the odor came from a bed bug spray.

   An hour later at the same South Main Street building, a man called about a dispute with his landlord about bug spraying inside his apartment. Police couldn’t find anyone at the address.

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   County communications reported that a pedestrian was hit at South Street and South Main Street at 6:19 p.m. Feb. 15. The rescue squad took Martin Kaps, 46, of South Main to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital.

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   At 8:40 p.m. Feb. 15 a CVS employee from a South Main Street business reported a theft of 20 miscellaneous Olay items, valued at $545, and named two men and two women as suspects. The investigation is to continue.

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   A West Frech Avenue woman came to headquarters at 9:23 a.m. Feb. 16 and said someone used her ATM card and PIN to withdraw $400 in three transactions at midnight. Patrolman Nick Franzoso was to investigate.

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   A South 15th Avenue woman called at 10 a.m. Feb. 17 to say someone had thrown eggs at her parked vehicle at some time since 9 the previous night. There was no damage, and she washed off the eggs, but she wanted it on the record.

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   A Washington Avenue man reported at 10:15 a.m. Feb. 17 that someone broke two solar lights, valued at $7, on his driveway. He spoke to police to put the incident on the record.

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   A North 3rd Avenue caller at 1:26 p.m. Feb. 17 reported damage to a deadbolt, valued at about $50, and the side door. Police confirmed the damage, but said nothing was taken from the residence.

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   A South 17th Avenue caller at 7:05 p.m. Feb. 17 reported the theft of a laptop Gateway computer valued at $700, which was logged into the national crime network. An investigation was to continue.

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   Jessica E. Goense, 24, of Readington Township was charged with shoplifting at Walmart at 2:05 p.m. Feb. 18 and taken to Somerset County Jail in default of $500 bail.

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   Police reported finding a Jenson 2-in-1 telescopic flashlight in a shopping cart at Walmart at 4:26 p.m. Feb. 18. The item was logged as found property.

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   A woman came to headquarters at 9 p.m. Feb. 19 to report that a person whom she named had posted a rap video on YouTube that threatened her son. She was advised of her rights.

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MANVILLE: Police blotter for Feb. 13-19

February 23
Official says bugs may have crawled into spaces where the spray didn’t penetrate.

MARK GUYDISH mguydish@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE – GAR High School apparently became home to two commando bed bugs with acute survival skills.

Wilkes-Barre Area School District Superintendent Jeff Namey said the bugs were discovered Tuesday in a science lab that had been sprayed for bed bugs over the weekend.

The theory is the bugs managed to crawl into spaces behind a panel in the lab, and the spray didn’t penetrate their newfound hideout.

“They will pull one of the panels off and spray again,” Namey said.

Spraying was done over the weekend after two bed bugs were found in the school last week, one on a student’s clothing and another on a book.

GAR is the second school in the district to have discovered bed bugs in classrooms. A bed bug was found on the floor of a classroom at Kistler Elementary School about three weeks ago.

The district called in experts who sprayed that room and nearby ones as a precaution. Namey said the bugs are brought in on clothing or books by students.

The bugs are parasites that feed on human blood and are frequently found in mattresses.

They travel in clothing and luggage – including school books – and can be difficult to exterminate if allowed to settle into a home, a fact that has prompted concern among parents at both Kistler and GAR after the bugs were found.

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Five step process combines non-toxic mechanical methods with laundry additive and spray to create a complete solution.

Austin, Texas (PRWEB) February 20, 2012

A new report from Planet Amazing outlines the three areas that can be treated to create a "first line of defense" to cure bedbug infestations. The bedbug treatment Bedbug Shredder has been developed by scientists to combine non-toxic powder that stops spreading, non-toxic laundry detergent that treats fabrics, and non-toxic spray that treats all surfaces, forming a complete approach to a bedbug cure.

According to CNN, the cost of removing bedbugs from a house or hotel averages $1,300 per room. "Planet Amazing has lowered the price of treating bedbugs dramatically by launching our five-room system to the market this week for a significantly lower price of $97, and our one room system is $47" says Justin Douglas, expert researcher for Planet Amazing. "Only a few bedbugs can bite someone over 600 times in one night. The bug pumps a poison fluid into the sleeping human's body," he says. "This can cause problems for the victim of bedbug bites. Bedbugs can multiply from only six bugs to over 1,200 bugs in only 90 days, so this is why we are seeing massive infestations of bedbugs in hotels and homes all over America."

The entire kit contains everything needed to completely treat five rooms for bedbug removal. Mr. Douglas says "This is a complete, environmentally safe system for removing bedbugs from any number of rooms that you need. We have packages for only one room, three rooms, five rooms, and other possible combinations. Our company is an EPA registered manufacturer and packager of environmentally safe pesticides, and our products are going to be much better for the environment than other similar products out there. Our bedbug products have several major benefits in that they work, but also because they are significantly less expensive than the high-cost alternative with other systems or hiring pest control companies."

The website at offers a one-room bed bug cure system for $47, three-room bedbug system for $67 and a complete five-room bedbug cure system for $97. All orders come with a 60-day money back guarantee.

For more information, visit the Bed Bug Shredder website to see their new packages.

About Planet Amazing

PlanetAmazing.com is the premier manufacturer and distributor of a wide range of organic and inorganic “GRAS” solutions that anyone…no matter their experience…can use to eliminate real everyday problems.

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