AKRON, Ohio - Three homeless men have been arrested and charged after they were accused of holding an Akron man against his will inside his house Friday.

Samuel Crespo, 38, is charged with obstructing official business and misrepresenting identity in Akron Municipal Court. Anton Jeffries, 22, and Tyrone Matthews, 39, are both charged with kidnapping and assault. The three men are being held in Summit County Jail.

The men are charged in connection with a late Friday incident during which a 50-year-old man said the trio held him against his will. Akron police were alerted about midnight by the victim's nephew. The incident took place at a house on the 100 block of Jesse Avenue in Akron's North Hill neighborhood.

The victim's nephew also told police that one of the men would have a silver handgun. When officers arrived at the Jesse Avenue house, an officer looked through the windows and saw a man with the handgun in his waistband, police said.

Officers used the loudspeaker on their cruiser to order the trio to come out of the house after they refused to answer knocks at the door, police said. When that did not work, the Akron SWAT team was called.

The SWAT team negotiated with the men  and got them to come outside without further trouble, police said.

Officers spoke with the victim once the three homeless men were out of the house. He did not say why the men were at his house, but he did say they punched him in the face several times and would not allow him to answer the door when police arrived.

The victim was taken to Summa Akron City Hospital for treatment.

Crespo, Jeffries and Matthews are slated to appear in front of a judge Tuesday morning, court records show.

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