A Maine Resident's Vengeful City Hall Bedbug Attack

Route Fifty: It’s no secret that public service is not for the faint of heart. Policy victories are hard won and public frustration routinely boils over in unpredictable ways.

A resident of Augusta, Maine, on Friday afternoon vented frustration at the city’s public assistance office by crashing a cup full of live bedbugs onto the office counter, setting loose the pests and forcing the offices to close for the remainder of the day for inspection and eradication.

“They’re your problem now,” the man reportedly said, as the bugs scurried over the counter.

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