Crime & Safety
Armed Robbery Suspect Threatens Infant
Four suspects broke into a house to rob residents, one of them pointed a gun at a 2-month-old when the residents said they had nothing to steal.

Three men and a woman broke into a Bradenton home Wednesday night filled with teens and an infant in a robbery attempt and pointed a gun at the 2-month-old baby when the family said they had no money to steal.
The baby, a 16-year-old and two 18-year-olds were at home with Kevin Litwin, 46, at 6207 Columbia Drive when they heard a loud knock on the door shortly before 11 p.m. James Litwin, 18, answered the door and the four suspects shoved their way into the house.
One of the suspects’ was armed with a revolver. The suspects ordered the family to the floor and demanded all their money. James Litwin told them that he had nothing.Â
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The suspects pointed the gun at the baby and again demanded the money. The suspects’ then got James Litwin up from the floor and made him open the safe he keeps in his room, but it was empty.Â
When the suspects saw nothing was in the safe they searched every room in the house. After the suspects searched the house they made everyone lie face down on the floor and told them to wait 10 minutes before they got up.
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The suspects then took off. The suspects were described as:
- a black man weighing 240 to 250 pounds and 5-feet-8-inches tall with short dreadlocks2.
- a black man, 6-feet-2-inches and about 200 pounds with a black hooded sweatshirt and armed with a silver revolver.
- a black woman about five-feet-seven inches tall and 250 pounds with short hair, a long black tank top and blue jeans.
- The fourth suspect, a man, was also wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.
The suspects couldn’t be located.Â
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