FBI: Ex-doctor in Cuyahoga Falls admitted making pipe bombs

CLEVELAND (AP) — A former doctor who practiced medicine in Ohio and West Virginia has admitted making pipe bombs that were part of an arsenal seized at his apartment after two explosions, federal agents say.

An affidavit filed in federal court in Akron said Mark Campano told an FBI agent that he “did indeed” build the pipe bombs found this week at his apartment in Cuyahoga Falls.

Neither Campano nor the FBI agent who talked to him described a motive or possible target in the affidavit, which was filed late Wednesday.

His defense attorney, Donald Hicks, said Friday that he had no comment. A woman who answered the phone at a number provided to police by Campano said she was a housekeeper and could not provide a family contact.

The two-page affidavit didn’t reflect all the information gathered by investigators, wrote Donald J. Guerra, an agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Copper-based pipe bombs found at the apartment were consistent with the explosion debris, Guerra said. PVC piping, as well as explosive powder, hobby fuse, pipes and end caps found at the apartment, is commonly used to make pipe bombs, he said.