PITTSBURGH — Barry Clapperton, 40, of Pittsburgh faces charges that include threats to use weapons of mass destruction and public drunkenness after police say he called in a bomb threat to get out of paying his restaurant bill.

A witness said Clapperton tried to leave multiple times without paying for his meal at Primanti Brothers. Police say they were about to let the man leave when a bomb threat was called in to a nearby restaurant. Police say Clapperton said he called in the threat to create a distraction.