Landlord trying to turn things around!?

Long story short, when we got back in town my husband found the landlord's maintenance guy boxing up our stuff. He did not show the judgement for eviction. We had agreed to move out when we got home cause we're never there. Landlord suggested this. We said we would get our things out when we got home in 2 weeks. My dad ped away suddenly the weekend we got home. Told landlord. She said don't worry and they would get it in storage for us. Same county. Be with my family. There was an eviction summons tacked to door almost 2 weeks before we got home. They said don't worry about it. They would work it out with us. A week or so later, our landlord demanded all the moving fees to be paid before they gave us our stuff. $1800. They said they contracted with my husband to do it. All he knew was that a friend was helping us move. They didn't mention pay. Or we would have done it ourselves. They took it 2 counties away and now, 9 months later, they finally told us what storage. We tried all summer to get it. They wanted to negotiate payments and then they would change their mind. Now they are threatening to sell it in 30 days. It's ALL we own. There is no lien or distress warrant that gave them permission to take it. I told them yesterday by email that we were going to take them to court and have them arrested. I said that if they gave us our stuff, we would drop charges.They say how can they trust we would? I said we'll put it in writing and sign it. They asked us to notorize it. We said ok. They say they'll meet us nearby tomorrow. I said we can't hand the paper over until we make sure our things are accounted for and not damaged. Then they say "i can't believe how stupid you were to write all that. You are causing extortion by wire and wire fraud. It's a federal offense." They are bullies. Did we commit extortion?