Man accused of threatening woman with ax

LANCASTER – Police arrested a Columbus man after his girlfriend said he was trying to attack her with an ax in the100 block of Allen Street early Saturday morning.

The police report listed no injuries in the 3:30 a.m. incident, in which the man said he became upset after people were at his girlfriend’s house. He said he did not have an ax with him during the incident.

The report said police held the man at gunpoint until he was handcuffed.