Police Reports: Bogus Bills, Threatening, DUI and a Rash of Thefts

The following arrest information was supplied by the Monroe Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Alleged Harassment, Threatening

A Bridgeport man was arrested on a warrant Friday after allegedly making harassing and threatening phone calls to a Monroe man he used to be friends with.

Hovig Nalbandian, 32, of Park Avenue was charged with second-degree harassment and second-degree threatening. He was released on $1,500 cash bond for a July 22 court date.

Police said Nalbandian had a falling out with a friend, who complained to Monroe police that Nalbandian was making harassing phone calls. According to the report, an officer told Nalbandian to stop calling his former friend, then Nalbandian allegedly called the man again and threatened to harm him for calling the police.

Bogus Bills

Police arrested a New Jersey man at the Sussex County jail Thursday after an investigation determined he had passed counterfeit $20 bills at several businesses on Main Street in Monroe last December, according to the report.

Gregory Deo, 29, of Copeland Avenue in Lyndhurst was charged with three counts of first-degree forgery and three counts of sixth-degree larceny. He was held on $10,000 bond.

DUI on Main Street

A Bridgeport man was arrested for DUI on Main Street at 10:54 Thursday night after heading the wrong way on his way home from Buffalo Bill's, according to the report.

Luis Armando Munguia, 26, of Washington Terrace was charged with DUI and traveling unreasonably fast. He was released on $400 bond for a July 25 court date.

Officers patrolling Main Street heard a '91 Acura Integra with its motor revving and gears shifting as it rapidly drew closer, police said, adding the vehicle was on the fog line, then swerved to the center line and back.

The Integra was stopped about three-tenths of a mile up the road and the driver, Munguia, told officers he lived in Bridgeport and was on his way home from Newtown, police said. But the report said the car was heading north, toward Newtown and away from the city.

Munguia said he had been eating wings at Buffalo Bill's, police said. He was asked to step out of the car and swayed from side to side to keep his balance, according to the report. Police said Munguia had the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on him, had glassy and bloodshot eyes and spoke with a slurred speech.

Field sobriety tests at the scene determined Munguia was under the influence and breath tests at headquarters showed his blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit, police said.

Rash of Thefts from Vehicles

Officers responded to numerous calls of thefts from motor vehicles over the past week. In most cases, the doors had been left unlocked.

A Mill Brook Terrace resident told police July 13 that her unlocked 2005 Mazda Tribute had been entered sometime overnight and a $150 iPod Nano 4GB, a $250 Tom Tom GPS unit and an umbrella were stolen.

Another Mill Brook Terrace resident told police July 13 that a $150 pair of sunglasses and a $25 Motorola cell phone charger were stolen from his unlocked GMC Sierra sometime overnight and that his wife's Ford Explorer had also been entered.

Police said the glove box, center console and pouches on the sides of seats had been rummaged through, but that nothing appeared to have been taken.

A Monroe Turnpike resident reported a theft from a 2004 Saab on July 13. Police said the car was locked, but that one lock does not work.

An iPod Touch, an iPad video, a Windows cell phone, 30 CDs, two Aftermarket headlights and a People's United Bank checkbook — a total value of $750 — were stolen, police said.

A duffel bag containing eight softball gloves was reported stolen from a '98 Ford Contour on July 13.

Police said the victim found out that the vehicle had been entered when a neighbor came over with registration, an insurance card and other personal items found on his lawn.

An unlocked '05 Volvo and '95 Mercury on Deerfield Lane were entered sometime overnight, according to a July 13 report.

Nothing appeared to have been taken from the Mercury, but police said a $120 Gremlin GPS was stolen from the Volvo.

An unlocked '99 Jeep Cherokee on Williamsburg Drive had been entered sometime overnight, but nothing appeared to be missing, according to a July 15 report.

Police said papers from the glove box were left on the seat and that items had been tossed about.

Mailbox Vandalism

Four Old Highway Road residents told police July 16 that their mailboxes had been knocked over, according to police.