Pest Control Man Accused of Planting Bugs Instead of Exterminating Them

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A Red Oak woman tells police when Aaron Johnson, 38, came to her apartment she thought he was there to exterminate bugs. Instead, she now believes he planted them, after she found an audio recording device in her bedroom.

The recording device she found was under her bedroom TV box. When Red Oak police did a search, they found a second audio recording device behind her bed on the floor.

Police quickly narrowed the crime down to one suspect, Johnson. They executed a search of his home after getting a warrant and found more audio recording devices and several firearms with ammunition. (To see a some of the evidence pictures, click on the View Gallery button above the video box.)

Johnson was immediately arrested for electronic and mechanical eavesdropping, a serious misdemeanor, and a felon in possession of a firearm, a class D felony.

Montgomery County Attorney Bruce Swanson said the evidence in the case is strong.

"It's bizarre and it's frightening," said Swanson. "This lady was very frightened and justifiably so. When they found the second one she really got upset. That is a massive invasion of your privacy."

Johnson owns his own pest control company called RMPKA, which is how police believe he was able to get inside the victim's apartment.

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Pest Control Man Accused of Planting Bugs Instead of Exterminating Them