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Man linked to post office burglary charged anew for alleged forgery
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Posted on Jan 28 2006
The Attorney General’s Office filed on Friday another criminal case against Gary C. Pangelinan, a 27-year-old man who was arrested in November 2005 for allegedly forging checks that were among those stolen during a burglary at the Post Office in Capitol Hill.
This time, Pangelinan was charged with forgery. He was summoned to appear in court and answer the charges on Feb. 20 at 9am.
Outgoing Chief Prosecutor Jeffrey Moots stated in the information that on Nov. 2, 2005, Pangelinan altered a check of Jesus Muna and Dorothea Muna by making it payable to him in the amount of $800.
Police had arrested Pangelinan in the latter part of November 2005 for alleged theft and forgery.
In that case, a detective stated in court papers that a woman called the Department of Public Safety on Nov. 16, 2005, complaining that her checks were possibly stolen and forged.
The detective learned that one of the woman’s checks was cashed on Nov. 1, 2005 at the First Hawaiian Bank.
The victim originally wrote the check to Pentagon Federal Credit Union in the U.S. mainland for her credit card account and mailed it on Oct. 26, 2005.
The victim was surprised when she received a bank statement showing that the check was paid out to Pangelinan. She also expressed concern about the other check that she mailed on that same day upon learning that the postal office had been burglarized.
The postal office was reportedly burglarized on Oct. 27, 2005, a day after the victim mailed her checks.
That same afternoon, investigators learned that Pangelinan had just been released from jail for allegedly stealing and forging checks.
Police arrested Pangelinan on Nov. 10 during which the defendant allegedly confessed to altering checks.
A man charged in another burglary case was also implicated in the post office break-in.
