Three people have been arrested in connection to the kidnapping of an elderly man. West Virginia State Police received a complaint that 70-year old Johnny Simms was abducted, beaten and robbed on Thursday, July 18. The investigation revealed that Lataura Jarrett, Wesley Taylor, and Johnathan Cales of the Meadow Bridge area abducted Simms before taking him to an abandoned house on Redden Hollow Road in Summers County and severely beating and robbing him. Troopers said the three suspects left him there tied up. Simms eventually escaped and went for treatment at the Charleston Area Medical Center.Troopers obtained warrants and arrested the three suspects.