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Updated: 8:42 a.m. Monday, March 1, 2010 | Posted: 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010

Man Cited In Hostage Hoax

MIAMI TWP., Ohio —

Miami Township police said they are not laughing at what a man and his granddaughter thought would be a simple prank.

Officers said they received a report that a man driving a green minivan near the Dayton Mall around 1:20 Sunday afternoon was being held hostage. A short time later, they spotted the vehicle on State Route 725 and learned that the driver was not being held as a hostage.

"The grandfather essentially told the granddaughter it would be funny if she held a bb gun to his head as he drove down the road," Sgt. William Kelly of the Miami Township Police Department said.

No one was injured, but the driver now faces a charge of inducing panic.

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