Suspect grabs child from neighboring home before beating officer who rescued her, police say [Video]

LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. — Officials are praising the work of a Moscow Mills officer who they say was “brutally beaten” while fighting off a man who took an 11-year-old child hostage and used her as a “human shield.”

Court documents detailed the harrowing incident, which happened late Thursday night on Darla Court. 

Prosecutors on Friday charged Jeffrey Michael Price with several felonies, including first-degree kidnapping and assault.

According to court documents, Moscow Mills Officer Sarah Miller responded to a home after Price’s mother called police and said her son, who had just been released from prison less than a week prior, “wasn’t acting right.” Miller had responded to the area an hour earlier when another caller said Price was banging on their door …