MILWAUKEE — Less than 24 hours after TMJ4 talked to neighbors who say roaches from a nearby property are coming into their homes, Mariam Mackar returned and met a woman who identified herself as the property manager of the infested home.
"Is there anything you'd like to add on the record about this situation?" Mackar asked.
"We're just taking care of everything," she answered.
She was with two exterminators surveying the property. TMJ4 saw one of them open a trash can and quickly shut it when he saw what was inside.
A neighbor, who wants to remain anonymous, spoke with the property manager.
"I am extremely anxious right now because some woman just came out of nowhere and said she was hired two days ago and was assigned this property," said the neighbor.
Watch: Property manager visits roach-filled home following neighbor complaints
"Do you think now that there's some attention on this, there's people showing up to the property, that maybe something will get done?" Mackar asked.
"I truly hope so," the neighbor replied. "This is affecting not only myself but several of my neighbors."
After our story aired, a different pest control company emailed us wanting to help.
We met up with them as they spoke to homeowners. At the same time, we saw down the block that a third company was fumigating a property as a precaution.
At the infested home, exterminators began treating the property Thursday.
The Department of Neighborhood Services (DNS) has given the property owner two weeks to get rid of the roaches or face daily fines.
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