Man holds woman hostage for 8 hours

Indianapolis police and special weapons and tactics team members arrested a man early Monday after he held a woman hostage for nearly eight hours in a house near West 38th Street and Interstate 465. Cortez Dodd, 33, was taken into custody about 4:15 a.m. Police were initially called to the home on Flatsedge Drive after somebody reported that a man had punched a woman in the face. The woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.