13 years in prison for Niles home break in

WARREN

Anthony A. Howe, 19, of Robbins Avenue in Niles and North State Street in Girard, was sentenced to 13 years in prison Tuesday for breaking into a Butler Street, Niles, home Dec. 30 and assaulting the 65-year-old resident.

Howe pleaded guilty before Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to aggravated burglary, kidnapping, felonious assault and aggravated robbery. He could have gotten 40 years in prison, but accepted the plea agreement offered by prosecutors.

Police said Howe, also known as Alexander, broke into a home on North Butler Street at 5 a.m. The woman living there woke up and attempted to shoot Howe with a gun she owned, but it didn’t fire, so Howe took it from her and beat her up.