3 women reportedly bound with duct tape, robbed at their Van Nuys home

VAN NUYS - Three men armed with semi-automatic handguns broke into a Van Nuys home today, tied up the three women inside and ransacked the residence, stealing about $10,000 in cash and jewelry, authorities said.

Police were called to the home in the 13900 block of Archwood Street about 3:40 a.m. The occupants were tied up, apparently with duct tape, while the suspects searched the home, according to police, who said one of the women was taken to a hospital for treatment of a head laceration.

The woman and her friend, both ages 65-plus, and her daughter were all held together in a first floor room. Police said they needed a Russian translator to explain the victims' accounts of the crime.

The suspects spilled quarts of motor oil throughout the ground floor of the two-story home, Los Angeles Police Detective Glenn O'Shea said.

The suspects -- described as 25 to 30 years old, wearing black masks and black clothing and carrying handguns -- had fled the home by the time officers arrived, Los Angeles police Lt. Andy Neiman said.

The daughter, who is about 36, managed to escape and call police from a neighbor's home, O'Shea said. He said there was no evidence to suggest that the suspects and victims knew each other.

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