No Bedbugs Were Discovered, But Exterminator Called Anyway

Bedbugs crawl around in a container. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — They check you for guns and drugs when you walk into the courthouse in lower Manhattan, but apparently not for bedbugs.
As WCBS 880’s Alex Silverman reported, there was a commotion in the halls of Manhattan Criminal Court on Centre Street on Tuesday.
“Members of the audience thought they saw bugs jumping from the defendant,” state court spokesman David Bookstaver told Silverman. “Folks thought they saw bedbugs.”