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Correction officer in 8-hour standoff charged

A Nassau County correction officer faces charges after an eight-hour standoff with police that ended early Saturday.

Scott Sherman, 42, of Port Washington, is charged with second-degree kidnapping, first- and second-degree assault and second-degree menacing as well as endangering the welfare of a child and obstructing governmental administration.

Police were called to Sherman's residence...

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