YOUNGSTOWN — Dominic M. Jackson, 42, who allegedly walked into the Michael Kusalaba branch on Mahoning Avenue of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County with a sword July 25, was arraigned Friday in Youngstown Municipal Court on a charge of inducing panic.

The charge is a first-degree misdemeanor, punishable by jail time if convicted. Jackson was in the Mahoning County jail on Friday.

A Youngstown police report states that police were called to the West Side library July 25 for a male with a sword. When an officer arrived, the man had already left.

Library staff said when the man was asked to leave, he “started making threats.” The report states that two officers located the man on Mahoning Avenue near Maryland Avenue, where he discarded the sword and continued walking east on Mahoning.

The officers tried to make contact with the man, but were not successful, the report states. A third officer joined them, finding the sword in the grass and taking it into evidence.

An officer returned to the library and learned that the man had made threats, but they were more concerned with the man’s mental health. The officer asked the workers to contact police if they came up with the individual’s name.

The report was updated Thursday with the information that Jackson had been arrested about noon Thursday on a warrant for misdemeanor inducing panic in the July 25 incident and was taken to the Mahoning County jail.

The library system posted on its website July 25 that a man entered the library branch “brandishing a sword and verbally threatened staff and patrons.” Library personnel “reacted by notifying law enforcement and moving patrons to a safe location while the individual entered a restroom and locked the door.

“Youngstown police arrived on scene, and they worked to disarm the individual. The individual then voluntarily left the location. There were no injuries reported. The individual was later observed at the main branch of the library system, where he was taken into custody by Youngstown police.

A media account of the episode stated that the man was later taken to the hospital for an evaluation.

The library posting quoted PLYMC Director and CEO Aimee Fifarek in stating “Our branch staff and security personnel acted commendably in a very tense and potentially dangerous situation. I am incredibly proud of our team for their exemplary response.”

The posting stated that the Michael Kusalaba branch was closed for the remainder of the day and would remain closed until July 29 to provide service training and support to staff members. The other branches were going to remain open.

Jackson was indicted in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on a charge of felonious assault in 2009. Judge Maureen Sweeney ruled that Jackson was not competent to stand trial, and he was ordered to undergo treatment at North Coast Behavioral Health Care System, a state mental health facility.

He remained in treatment until 2018, after he had spent the maximum amount of time under state law, according to court documents.