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Bedbug Infestation Invades Apartment Bldg.


Last Update: 9/11/2009 10:17 pm
Bedbug Infestation Invades Apartment Building
DETROIT (WXYZ) - Driven to tears...by an invasion of bed bugs. Tenants in a downtown Detroit high-rise say they are getting eaten alive in their own apartments, and now they are demanding action.

WATCH TOM WAIT'S REPORT IN THE VIDEO PLAYER ON THE RIGHT

The tenants say their landlord isn't doing enough to stop an infestation that's making people sick, and it's getting worse every day.
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