NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Twin brothers in Pennsylvania are accused of the beating of a female pizza shop owner last month, authorities said.
Justin Cassidy and Kevin Cassidy, both 19 and from Aston, were arraigned Thursday morning on robbery and aggravated assault charges, KYW-TV reported.
Norristown police are still searching for a third suspect in the attack, Justin Croson, of Seven Valleys, the television station reported.
According to police, the brothers robbed Mama Venezia’s Pizzeria in Norristown on Feb. 19, WCAU reported. The men also took part in an assault on the shop’s owner, Ying Ngov, 56, the television station reported.
Ngov, a Chinese immigrant, told WPVI that she was struggling to eat because of her injuries.
This is 56 year old Ying Ngov. She owns a pizzeria in Norristown. Last Friday suspects came to her store and stole beers. She ran after to get the beers back. The grown men push her to the ground and beat her. The security video is after the interview. More @ 11 @6abc pic.twitter.com/7zDrOqLmar
— Bob Brooks (@BobBrooks6abc) February 25, 2021
Police said the twins and Croson stole a 12-pack and a six-pack of beer, according to WCAU. Ngov chased after the men wielding a shovel.
“I protected myself,” Ngov told WPVI. “I (knew), maybe, they were going to hit me.”
Outdoor surveillance cameras caught the men pushing Ngov down onto a pile of snow and the sidewalk, then attacking her on the ground before fleeing, the television station reported.
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“Her back is hurting right now and they are actually going to take a lot of imaging tomorrow,” Ngov’s son-in-law, Bryan Skipper, told KYW. “Her face still hurts, it’s still swollen.”
The Cassidy brothers are each being held on $40,000 bail. Their preliminary hearings are scheduled for March 17, according to the television station.
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