Man arrested for two stabbings in King of Pruissa – NBC10 Philadelphia

A knife-wielding robber was arrested after two robberies in King Of Prussia, police said.

According to the Upper Merion Township Police Department, the first incident occurred on Thursday, June 13 at approximately 2:24 p.m. Officers responded to the PNC Bank, located at 107 E. Dekalb Pike, after receiving reports of a theft.

Police said when the offices arrived, they met with the victim and bank employees. The victim told police she had just left the outdoor ATM and was walking back to her car. As they walked through the parking lot, a man pulled out a knife and demanded the recently withdrawn money.

The man fled and the victim was not injured, police said. Police were not immediately able to locate the suspect.

Police said the next day, Friday, June 14, around 1:25 p.m., officers responded to the area of ​​the AAA-Mid Atlantic building located at 197 E. Dekalb Pike for another reported armed robbery.

A man approached another victim while she was in the parking lot and demanded her purse, police said. She was also not injured during the robbery.

Police said the man fled the scene with the purse and was last seen running in the parking lot.

Shortly afterward, police said an Upper Merion detective observed a man driving a small Toyota Yaris behind the Subway fast-food restaurant in the same shopping center. This vehicle matched the description of the theft suspect.

Police said detectives and officers quickly surrounded the car and arrested the man, now identified as Jonathan Hemberger, 51, of Phoenix, Arizona.

Officers were able to examine and positively identify Hemberger as the man wanted in both robberies, according to police.

Hemberger's bail was set at $500,000. He was unable to post bail and was transported to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility to await further court proceedings, police said.