LIBERTY A woman threw items from her curio shelf at intruders who wrapped her teen daughters hands in duct tape and claimed they were police serving a warrant around 1 a.m. Friday when they broke into their home with assault rifles, she said.

Jacquelyn Cylar, 43, said she was sleeping upstairs in her 36 Euclid Blvd. home when she heard a loud bang and sat up to get out of bed.

A man came up with long gun with a flashlight on it, pointing at me and yelling for me to get up, this is police and we have a search warrant, he said. I tussled with him and he hit me with the gun and got me downstairs. That was when I saw my daughter duct taped, lying face down on the floor, Cylar said.

Police found spent shell casings and two bullet holes through a bedroom window after they arrived, according to the report. A side door to the home was busted in, Cylar said.

There were two to four men in the home, Cylar said, and said she believes they thought only she and her daughter were home when they decided to break in. There were three other juveniles related to Cylar in the home at the time.

Cylars son and nephew ran from the house through a window to get help, Cylar said.

She said she doesnt know what the men were looking for or if they took anything.

The men fled when Cylar started throwing vases and other items at them from her curio cabinet.

I just grabbed anything I could. I think they panicked in the chaos. It didnt work like they thought it would when they first came in, Cylar said.

Cylar and her daughter both called 911.

Youre very, very brave. Hang in there, OK? a Trumbull County 911 Center dispatcher told a girl, 14, on the recorded call.

The girl was crying as she answered questions. No one required medical attention after the incident, according to the police report.

Liberty police Chief Richard Tisone said the investigation is at a standstill until the juveniles that were in the home come down to the station to be interviewed.

Although the victims gave officers statements at the scene, there were some inconsistencies, Tisone said.

Of course we all have different things to say to them, we were all in different rooms and saw and heard different things, Cylar said.

When police were at the house, the father of two of the witnesses arrived and became hostile with officers, the Liberty police report states.

Cylar said the man just wanted the kids to get some rest after the incident, and that they gave statements to the first officers to arrive, and gave a written account.

They were traumatized and it was late, we werent being uncooperative, we cooperated, Cylar said. She said she expected police to call her or stop in later Friday, but hadnt heard from them in the early afternoon.

Tisone said it is procedural to remove witnesses from the chaos of a crime scene to be interviewed individually. And until that happens, the investigation is at a standstill, even with allegations men claiming to be police officers broke into a home.

The fact that we werent able to speak more to the victims is concerning. We werent given access to the victims, so we dont know what happened, what to look for, Tisone said. And the evidence at the crime scene didnt coincide to the statements they gave earlier. But we welcome their cooperation at any point. They can set a time to come anytime.

Cylar said she doesnt understand why the police dont think they are cooperating.

We gave them descriptions of the vehicles, we told them what happened. We want to see these guys caught and convicted, Cylar said.

Police collected duct tape from the girls arms, a roll of duct tape in the living room and a black pipe from the backyard.

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