ALLEGED ELDERLY ATTACK Deputies Say Baileysville Man Beat Grandparents, Kidnapped Them And Juvenile
Reported by: Bethany Simmons
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Jan. 4, 2013 8:22 AM EST
Updated: Jan. 4, 2013 12:27 PM EST
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Baileysville, Wyoming County
, West Virginia
A Wyoming County man was arrested after deputies said he kidnapped and brutally attacked his grandparents.
Medwin Willard, 33, of Baileysville was charged with two counts of malicious wounding, three counts of kidnapping, grand larceny and violent crimes against the elderly, deputies said.
Willard allegedly beat and kicked his grandparents and held both of them and a juvenile against their will, deputies said. He also is accused of stealing their car.
The elderly woman was flown to a hospital and the man was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. Their names have not been released, and their conditions were not available at this time.
Willard remains in the Southern Regional Jail without bond.
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