Omaha police remove man for entering Underwood Tower to inspect [Video]

The Omaha Housing Authority called police to remove a man trying to inspect reports of mold and bed bugs inside Underwood Tower Friday.Jon Traudt is a self-employed indoor air quality consultant. He says he passed OHA security and entered a resident’s room before police arrived and walked him out.”Instead of sending the police, (OHA) could have sent a representative,” Traudt said. OHA CEO Joanie Poore says Traudt previously entered the building and was issued a ban and bar notice by Omaha police.”Mr. Traudt, in addition to not being an authorized contractor or vendor of OHA, has previously falsely represented himself as a City Inspector while at Underwood Tower,” Poore said in an email Friday.Underwood Tower has been the site of resident complaints and a KETV investigation.’Infestation of bedbugs, roaches’: Underwood Tower residents feel silenced about unsanitary living conditions. See the story here.Poore and police say Traudt pushed past OHA’s security …