Crime & Safety

Two Men Arrested for String of Norristown Crimes

John Kevin Marburger, 52, and Bernard Bisono, 26, face charges for burglary, robbery and threatening an 84-year-old woman with a knife.

According to , two men, one from Norristown and one from Hatfield, have been arrested for burglarizing apartments at Sandy Hill Terrace have been arrested and also face robbery charges after they allegedly threatened an elderly tenant with a knife.

John Kevin Marburger, 52, of Norristown, and Bernard Bisono, 26, of Hatfield, were identified on video stealing items from a six-floor apartment at Sandy Hill Terrace on Oct. 29 according to The Herald.

A similar burglary on the fifth-floor allegedly perpetrated by the two resulted in charges against Ahram Lee, owner of Ah's Garage, when stolen items from that incident were found at his establishment, though told The Herald that Lee is cooperating wiht authorities. (.)

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The pair were reportedly joined by two others when they forced their way into a fourth floor apartment and demanded money from an 84-year-old femal tennant, allegedly threatening her with a knife to her throat. The men left with a bag of pennies worth approximately $50.

Marburger and Bisono are facing charges that include robbery, theft, burglary, receiving stolen property, criminal trespassing, recklessly endangering another person, simple assault, possessing an instrument of crime and criminal conspiracy.

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