Bed bugs used to vandalize Middletown residence, man tells cops

A Middletown man’s residence and car were damaged by vandals who used fireworks and threw bed bugs into his house, according to the police report.

Gerald Moore of the 1700 block of Henry Avenue told officers Friday morning that he heard something that sounded like his window being broken and fireworks going off. He discovered a firework the had been ignited under his car and a broken window.

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Moore said he noticed that bed bugs had been dumped through the window. After hearing a noise at the front door, Moore said he also found numerous bed bugs outside. A planter and flood lights were broken and a “no trespassing” sign was torn down, according to the report.

Moore named a suspect that he said he saw running from his residence and getting into a white car.

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Lauren Pack, a native of the Miami Valley, has been on staff at the Journal-News since 1994 reporting on courts and crime.