Woman charged after rats overrun neighbors’ properties, police say

A Pittsburgh-area woman has been charged after neighbors said they’ve been living in a “nightmare,” with hundreds of rats from her property spreading to their homes.

Wendi Kraemer, 59, has been charged with public nuisance after the Rostraver Township Police Department said that “trash conditions” at her property on Route 51 have caused a colony of rats to “become established,” spreading to residents on nearby Adams Drive.

In the criminal complaint, a Rostraver officer said a code enforcement official reached out on Friday about an ongoing issue with rats at Kraemer’s home. Police said they watched a report on KDKA about residents on Adams Drive who said they were overrun by rats from Kraemer’s property…

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