Police say man charged with kidnapping after holding boy hostage

WEST CHESTER, Ohio — A sheriff said an armed man used a 10-year-old boy as "a shield" during a hostage standoff of around 30 hours that ended peacefully Sunday morning.Butler County authorities said the boy was taken to a hospital Sunday morning as a precaution, but no injuries were reported. The gunman, age 31, surrendered and was jailed. He had recently served prison time for felonious assault."Everywhere he moved, he was using the child as a shield," Sheriff Richard Jones told reporters