A Lucas County judge ordered a $25,000 bond Wednesday for a Bowling Green man accused of threatening in August to shoot up an Alexis Road home-improvement store.

John W. Zack, 35, had been released on electronic monitoring after his initial arraignment Aug. 18 in Toledo Municipal Court on a third-degree felony charge of making a terroristic threat.

But following his indictment last month in Lucas County Common Pleas Court, Judge Stacy Cook said Wednesday that a cash bond was appropriate under the circumstances.

“This may all clear up, but we’re in strange times,” she told Mr. Zack during a brief appearance during which Gretchen DeBacker was appointed as his public defender.

He was then taken into custody for booking into the Lucas County jail.

According to Toledo police, Mr. Zack post

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