The Blade in Toledo reports the 52-year-old woman with cognitive disabilities escaped from her captors Thursday after she convinced them that she needed to go to a meeting.
She told police that the men threatened her life, though they didn't use weapons.
"The question is 'How did they do this?' And the answer is, 'Fear,'" Toledo Police Chief Mike Navarre said. "They completely took advantage of this woman."
Authorities say the men took over the apartment after a group of people knocked on the door and forced their way inside.
As many as eight people stayed at the apartment and charges against more suspects are possible, The Blade reported.
Police found the men hiding out in the apartment on Thursday - about a week after they took over the home - along with nine bags of marijuana stashed under a sofa there.
"I've heard of folks taking advantage of disabled people, but I haven't heard of anything like that where they actually took over the house and lived in the house," said Scott Wilson, spokesman for the FBI office in Cleveland.
The men are each being held on $205,000 bond in Lucas County jail.
Court records show the suspects, all between the ages of 19 and 21, have histories of drug use that started as teenagers.
One served time in juvenile lockup as a teen for aggravated trafficking of drugs. Another faces an unrelated aggravated burglary charge after he allegedly forced his way into the home of another Toledo resident at gunpoint while he ran from police.
Relatives and friends of the suspects say the disabled woman is lying. A charge of possessing drug paraphernalia was dismissed against her in June 2009.
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Information from: The Blade, http://www.toledoblade.com/ | 
