r/toledo • u/eric_chase • 15h ago

Cockroach Attack

Oooooo boy!

Library officials were forced to close the Kent Branch Library Tuesday morning after a patron threw a box of cockroaches at a staff member.

According to library officials, the library, at 3101 Collingwood Blvd., was closed immediately after the altercation. 

Contractors were being called in to clean up and remediate the cockroaches, library officials said. They hoped to reopen the building on Wednesday.

I have questions. Why, obviously? Alive or dead? How many were there? Are we an open carry cockroach state?

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u/Mobyswhatnow 7h ago

Librarians and library staff literally do not get paid enough to put up with this shit.

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u/ryuujinusa 7h ago

Who are these idiots

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u/Bluewater795 9h ago

Only in Toledo

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u/Own_Inspection8350 10h ago

It is the season for people to be spreading all kinds of bugs around.

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u/slam_joetry 12h ago

I live right next door to the Kent library and there's always action going on over there. Kids fighting in the parking lot, huge dance parties, the same car parking there every 20 minutes all night long, always facing directly towards my window. It's a shame I missed out on this one. I would have caught the Lord of the Roaches.

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u/kmo428 13h ago

The open carry cock roaches got me. Not gonna lie 😂

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u/breeman1 8h ago

I got my CCC (Concealed Cockroach Carry) permit, 😂

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u/Beneficial-Age-4059 13h ago

Jesus fuckin cockroaching Christ 

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u/WallaBeaner 14h ago

just got some details from a library insider. the patron brought in a box with their personal belonging inside. the library staff noticed cockroaches coming out of it, so they were asked to leave. the patron hit the library staff with said box and broke the library's staff eye glasses. it wasnt a cockroach attack per say just a filthy patron with a cockroach/anger problem

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u/JoshuaSlowpoke777 12h ago

I hope the staff member is okay, that fucking sucks

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u/WallaBeaner 11h ago

they also suffered a cut lip from what i was told. some people have a very short fuse

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u/Ok-Corgi-4230 10h ago

Well at least she can file a workers' comp claim then since she was in fact physically injured. I'm saying this only because in Ohio, you cannot successfully file a workers' comp claim solely for psychological reasons. This woman probably needs psychological counseling. I know that I would!

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u/DamD1rtyApe 14h ago

Who has a box of weaponized cockroaches?

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u/Snaxwheels 14h ago

what in the actual hell ass balls

Who throws cockroaches, honestly

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u/kmgni 14h ago

This would be terrible to deal with. I’m curious what the motive was…

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u/OkAnteater9099 15h ago

That’s actually one of my biggest fears. Assault by pests. But I fear a cupfull of bedbugs even more than roaches.

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u/eric_chase 15h ago

I had bed bugs before, and for months didnt know. One of the worst experiences of my life. I have dogs that shed, and STILL, every gentle touch takes me back to being all bitten up.

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u/WallaBeaner 15h ago

Pocket sand cockroaches