Police subdue man boasting of bombs

Columbus police say officers used a stun gun to subdue a man claiming to have bombs outside a downtown building, though no explosives were found.

Officers called to the scene found the man outside the American Electric Power building late Thursday night.

WBNS-TV reports the man threatened officers who approached him and said that bags he had with him were bombs.

A bomb squad was called to inspect the suspicious packages.

A spokesman for the Columbus fire division says investigators found no explosives.

It’s not clear what the packages contained.

No injuries were reported.

The TV station reports the man was shocked with a stun gun and taken into custody.

There was no word on the man’s identity or whether there were any charges against him. MEDINA —

Nearly a week after Air Force Capt. Jacob “Jake” Ian McDermott was buried at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman with full military honors, his family is left with unanswered questions about what caused his death.

“We have no idea,” his wife, Heather McDermott, said this week.

McDermott, 35, a Medina High School graduate, died in his sleep May 19 at his home on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Officials at the Montgomery County coroner’s office said it will take several more weeks for tests