Three people are accused of abducting a patient from a health care facility as part of a conservatorship scheme, California police reported. The trio entered the back of the facility, kidnapped a patient and assaulted a nurse who tried to stop them at about 11 a.

Three suspects were arrested for allegedly abducting a patient from a Novato health care facility, police said.

Police arrested three people accused of kidnapping a 60-year-old patient and assaulting a nurse at a Novato hospital late Saturday morning, officials said. Police said that three people entered the medical facility through the back of the building around 11 a.