Niles man gets 13 years for tying up, robbing 84-year-old woman

WARREN

Keith A. Sweitzer, 29, of North Chestnut Street in Niles, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for breaking into a home on Nancy Street in Niles and tying up an 84-year-old woman during an armed robbery.

The woman was able to get free after four hours and walk to a neighbor’s house to call police.

She said Sweitzer threatened her with a long knife.

He pleaded guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to aggravated burglary and kidnapping, both with a repeat-violent-offender specification.

He also pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery and one count of passing bad checks.

Sweitzer knew his victim because he had done yard work for her.